ID 908026
Lot 30 | PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 000 – 9 000 000
L'Aqueduc du canal de Verdon au nord d'Aix
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 28 7/8 in. (60 x 73.4 cm.)
Painted in 1882-1883
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Dr Emil Hahnloser, Winterthur, by whom acquired from the above, circa 1920, and thence by descent.
Literature
G. Rivière, Le Maître Paul Cezanne, Paris, 1923, p. 219 (titled ‘La Vallée de l'Arc’; dated ‘circa 1891’).
P. Courthion ‘L'art français dans les collections privées en Suisse: La collection Emile Hahnloser’, in L'Amour de l'art, vol. 7, Paris, January 1926, p. 51 (illustrated; titled ‘Paysage’).
L. Venturi, Cezanne: Son art, son œuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1936, no. 296, p. 130 (illustrated vol. II, pl. 80; titled ‘La Vallée de l'Arc’ and dated ‘1878-1883’).
A. Gatto & S. Orienti, L’opera complete di Cezanne, Milan, 1970, no. 303, p. 100 (illustrated; titled ‘Viadotto nella valle dell’arc’ and dated ‘1878-1883’).
‘Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen‘, in Du, vol. 49, no. 9, Zurich, September 1989, p. 64 (illustrated; dated ‘1878-1883’).
J. Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cezanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, New York, 1996, no. 520, p. 353 (illustrated vol. II, p. 169).
B. Schmidt, Cezannes Lehre, Kiel, 2004, p. 171 (illustrated fig. 27).
M. Hahnloser-Ingold, ed., The Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser Collection: An Eye for Art Shared with Artists, Winterthur, New York, 2011, p. 262 (illustrated).
W. Feilchenfeldt, J. Warman & D. Nash, The Paintings of Paul Cezanne, An Online Catalogue Raisonné, no. FWN 186 (accessed 2023).
Exhibited
Basel, Kunsthalle, Paul Cezanne, August - October 1936, no. 29, p. 13 (titled ‘La Vallée de l'Arc’; dated ‘circa 1880’).
Paris, Galerie de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, La peinture française du XIXe siècle en Suisse, March - June 1938, no. 4, p. 3 (illustrated pl. IV; titled ‘La vallée de l’arc’ and dated ‘circa 1878-1883’).
Lyon, Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Centenaire de Paul Cezanne, May - June 1939, no. 20 (titled ‘La vallée de l’arc’; dated ‘1878-1883’).
London, Wildenstein & Co., Homage to Paul Cezanne, July 1939, no. 27 (titled ‘The Valley of the Arc, with the Viaduct of Rocquefavour’).
Bern, Kunsthalle, Europäische Kunst aus Berner Privatbesitz, July - September 1953, no. 15 (illustrated; titled ‘Le viaduc’ and dated ‘1878-1883’).
Vienna, Belvedere, Paul Cezanne, April - June 1961, no. 18, p. 25 (titled ‘Blick auf den Aquädukt im Norden von Aix’; dated ‘circa 1880’).
Aix-en-Provence, Pavillon de Vendôme, Exposition Cezanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July - August 1961, no. 8, p. 22 (illustrated pl. 5; titled 'Vue de l'aqueduc au nord d'Aix’ and dated ‘1883-1885).
Tübingen, Kunsthalle, Cezanne Gemälde, January - May 1993, no. 28, p. 117 (illustrated p. 116; dated ‘circa 1883’).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, From Manet to Gauguin: Masterpieces from Swiss Private Collections, June - October 1995, no. 5, p. 51 (illustrated; titled ‘The Valley of the Arc’ and dated ‘1878-1883’).
Yokohama, Yokohama Museum of Art, Cezanne and Japan, September - December 1999, no. 24, p. 47 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, January - March 2000.
Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Cezanne: Il padre dei moderni, March - July 2002, p. 142 (illustrated p. 143).
Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Verzauberte Zeit. Cezanne, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Manguin, Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Arthur und Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler, February - August 2015, p. 136.
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Paul Cezanne: Le Chant de la terre, June - November 2017, no. 34, pp. 329-330 (illustrated p. 175).
Vienna, Albertina Museum, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Hodler: The Hahnloser Collection, February - May 2020, no. 12, pp. 120 & 278 (illustrated p. 121).
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Artist: | Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
Genre: | Cityscape |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
Genre: | Cityscape |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
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