PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)

Lot 38
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ID 1472438
Lot 38 | PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)
Maison de Bellevue et pigeonnier
oil on canvas
21 ¼ x 28 ¾ in. (54 x 73 cm.)
Painted circa 1890




Provenance

Hans Fritz Fankhauser, Basel.
Margarete Oppenheim, Berlin; her estate sale, Julius Böhler, Munich, 18-22 May 1936, lot 1224 (unsold).
The estate of Margarete Oppenheim, Berlin, until sold privately by 24 May 1937.
Margret Zapp, Düsseldorf, by 18 January 1939 and thence by descent to the present owner.

The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the Heirs of Margarete Oppenheim. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.



Literature

L. Venturi, Cezanne: Son art, son oeuvre, vol. I., Paris, 1936, no. 652, p. 205 (illustrated vol. II, pl. 209; dated ‘1888-1892’).
F. Novotny, Cezanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive, Vienna, 1938, no. 71, p. 201 (titled 'Das Gehöft von Bellevue von Westen' and dated '1888-1890').
J. Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cezanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, New York, 1996, no. 689, p. 437 (illustrated vol. II, p. 236).
B. Schaefer, 1912, Mission Moderne, Die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes, exh. cat., Cologne, 2012, no. 135, p. 555 (illustrated).
D. Coutagne, P. Cezanne, sur la colline de la Constance - Valcros,  Aix-en-Provence, 2015, p. 71 (illustrated).
D. Bonfort, ed., Dans les pas de Paul Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue – Montbriand, Aix-en-Provence, 2016, p. 24 (illustrated).
W. Feilchenfeldt, J. Warman & D. Nash, The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné (www.cezannecatalogue.com), no. FWN 267 (illustrated).



Exhibited

(probably) Cologne, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May - September 1912, no. 135 (titled 'Baumwiese mit Durchblick auf Häuser am Hügel').
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cezanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956 - January 1957, no. 22, p. 43 (illustrated).
Essen, Folkwang Museum, Exhibition on the occasion of the museum reopening, May - July 1960 (illustrated pl. 1).
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