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Mount Sainte-Victoire

Mount Sainte-Victoire

c. 1904
(French, 1839–1906)
Framed: 87.5 x 106.5 x 7 cm (34 7/16 x 41 15/16 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 72.2 x 92.4 cm (28 7/16 x 36 3/8 in.)

Did You Know?

Cezanne created 36 paintings and 45 watercolors of Mount Sainte-Victoire. He was obsessed with this subject and painted this mountain over and over until his death.

Description

During the last twenty years of his life, Cézanne repeatedly painted the towering mountain of Sainte-Victoire near his home in Aix-en-Provence. Aiming to reform Impressionism by bringing order and structure to the study of nature, he created tightly integrated compositions of merging, intersecting planes. Here, a rising tree branch echoes the distant mountain slope, thereby relating foreground to background. Sensations of space are created through rhythmic patterns of warm and cool color.
  • Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939] Paris, France (Vollard archive photograph no. 367).
    Dr. G. Schweitzer, Berlin Germany
    August Pellerin [1853-1929], Paris, France
    Alphonse Kann [1870-1948] Saint-Germain-en Laye, Paris, France
    (Galerie Barbazanges, Paris France)
    1926
    (Reinhardt Galleries, New York, NY)
    1939
    (The Valentine Galleries, New York, NY, February 20, 1939 sold to Leonard C. Hanna Jr.)
    1939-1957
    Leonard C. Hanna Jr [1889-1957] Cleveland, OH
    1958
    Leonard C. Hanna [1889-1957] Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1958
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    “Cézanne, Fighter for Freedom.” ARTnews 41 (November 15, 1942): 16–19. Reproduced: p. 18
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    Cézanne, Paul, and Meyer Schapiro. Loan Exhibition Cézanne Under the Patronage of Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower and His Excellency, Monsieur Hervé Alphand, the Ambassador of France to the United States, for the Benefit of the National Organization of Mentally Ill Children, November 5-December 5, 1959. New York: Wildenstein, 1959. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 42
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 178 archive.org
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    Cézanne, Paul, Theodore Reff, and William Rubin. Cézanne: The Late Work : Essays. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Mentioned: cat. no. 45, p. 27, 49, 85, 205, 401, Reproduced p. 321, pl. 119
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 220 archive.org
    Bourges, M. R. Itinéraires de Cézanne. [Aix-en-Provence]: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 1982. Reproduced: Route du Tholonet, fig. 4
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    Shiff, Richard. "Representation, Copying, and the Technique of Originality." New Literary History 15, no. 2 (1984): 333-63. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 354-355
    Henning, Edward B. " Woman in the Waves by Paul Gauguin." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art LXXI, no. 8 (October 1984): 280- Mentioned and reproduced: p. 282-283, fig. 4
    Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Paul Cézanne: (1839-1906) ; Tokyo ; 18.9. - 7.10.1986 ; Isetan Museum of Art ; Kobe ; 10.10. 9.11.1986 ; Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art ; Nagoya ; 15.11. - 4.12.1986 ; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Reproduced: p. 76
    Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1986. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 240-241
    Henning, Edward B. Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1987. Mentioned: p. 105
    Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: A. Biro, 1988. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 19
    Cézanne, Paul. Sainte-Victoire, Cézanne, 1990: Musée Granet, Musée des tapisseries, Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, 16 juin-2 septembre 1990. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1990. Mentioned cat. not. 38, Reproduced: fig. 66 and on cover
    Turner, Evan H. Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 152
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Interpretations: Sixty-Five Works from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art,1991. Mentioned and reproduced: no. 35
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterpieces from East and West. New York, NY: Rizzoli International, 1992. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 157
    Cahn, Isabelle. Cézanne. [Milano]: Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, 1992. Reproduced: fig. 65
    Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 33
    Vescovo, Marisa. "Dossier-Cezanne." Art e Dossier 75 (January 1993): 12. Reproduced: p. 12
    Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1995. Reproduced: p. 80
    Orienti, Sandra. Tout l'Oeuvre Peint de Cézanne. Paris: Flammarion, 1995. Reproduced: p. 120-121, no. 756
    Lartigue, Charles de. Les Paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Créations du Pélican, 1995. Reproduced: p. 148
    Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Mentioned: p. 61, 138, 144-145; reproduced: p. 145, fig. 138
    Coutagne, Denis, and Bruno Ely, eds. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996. Reproduced: p. 162
    Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Harry N. Abrams,1996. Mentioned: v. 1, p. 530, no. 900; Reproduced: v. 2, p. 529, fig. 900
    Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico). Maestros del Impresionismo. México, D.F.: Istituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1998. Reproduced: p. 63, fig. 17
    Châtelet, Albert, and Bernard Philippe Groslier. Histoire de l'Art: Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Arts Décoratifs. [Paris]: Larousse, 1998. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 488
    D' Argencourt, Louise, and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 127-130, no. 48
    Adachi, Shinzō. Kaiga jisshū. Ōsaka-fu: Ōsaka Geijutsu Daigaku Tsūshin Kyōikubu, 2001. Reproduced: p. 170
    Burgess, Margaret B., "Side by Side", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 45 no. 05, May/June 2005 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9 archive.org
    Conisbee, Philip, and Denis Coutagne. Cézanne in Provence. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2006. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 202, no. 83
    Conisbee, Philip, and Denis Coutagne. Cézanne en Provence: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, 9 Juin-17 Septembre 2006. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2006. Reproduced: p. 30
    Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne en Provence: L'Estaque." Dossier de l'Art 130 (2006):18. Reproduced: p. 18
    Conisbee, Philip, and Denis Coutagne. Cézanne en Provence: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, 9 juin-17 septembre 2006. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2006. Reproduced: p. 30
    Boigontier, Pascale, and Bruno Boigontier. Portraits d'Aix-en-Provence. Bordeaux: Sud Ouest, 2006. Reproduced: p. 59
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    Solana, Guillermo. Cézanne: Site/Non-site: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, February 4-May 18, 2014. [Madrid]: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2014. Reproduced: p. 122, no. 35
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    Arendsee, M., and M. Steinman-Arendsee. "Take the CAN disability aesthetics tour, at the Cleveland Museum of art." CAN Journal (Winter 2019/20): 76-87. Reproduced & mentioned: p. 81
    Green, Tyler. Emerson's Nature and the Artists: Idea As Landscape, Landscape As Idea. Munich: Prestel, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 47, fig. 3
    Basch, Sophie. Le Japonisme, Un Art Français. Œuvres En Sociétés. Dijon: Les Presses du réel, 2022. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 68-69, fig. 33
  • Cézanne Site/Non-Site. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain (organizer) (February 4-May 18, 2014).
    Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).
    Cézanne in Provence. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (January 29-May 7, 2006); Musée Granet, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France (June 5-September 15, 2006).
    Masterworks from The Phillips Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-May 29, 2005).
    Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
    Sainte-Victoire, Cézanne 1990. Musée Granet, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France (organizer) (June 15-September 2, 1990).
    Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 16-November 8, 1987).
    Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
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    Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts. Zürich Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland (1917),
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    Four Paintings by Cézanne. Valentine Gallery, New York, NY (1939).
    Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne. Paul Rosenberg, New York, NY (1942).
    A Loan Exhibition of Cézanne. Wildenstein Gallery, New York, NY (1947).
    The Post-Impressionists and Their Followers. Society of Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL (1949).
    Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT (1950),
    Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne. Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France (1956).
    Paul Cézanne 1839-1906. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (1956).
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    Loan Exhibition: Cezanne. Wildenstein & Co. (organizer) (November 5-December 5, 1959).
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