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Auvers, Panoramic View
Paul Cezanne · 1873–75
Provenance
Ownership history
- Dr. Paul Gachet, Auvers-sur-Oise (1828–1909), c. 1873/74 [this and the following information according to New York 1999]; by descent to his son, Paul Gachet (1873–1962); sold by him before 1912. Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939), Paris [the painting is included in Vollard photographic archives as no. 209; Vollard lent the painting to Paris 1912; see also Rewald 1996;]. Alfred Strolin, Paris and Lausanne, Switzerland, 1912; his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, July 7, 1921, lot 7 (ill.), as Auvers-sur-Oise Vue panoramique du village, sold for 65,500 francs [according to Annuaire des Ventes, vol. 3, Paris, 1920/21 and Bulletin de l’Art Ancien et Moderne, vol. 23, no. 672, Aug. 10, 1921]. Hector Brame, Paris [according to Rewald 1996]. Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York [stock no. 4703 and no. 11906, based on labels on reverse and Registrar archival card, copy in curatorial file]. Annie S. Coburn (Mrs. Lewis L. Coburn; 1856–1932), Chicago by 1932; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, Manzi, Joyant & Cie, Exposition d’art moderne, June 6–July 6, 1912, cat. 15, as Auvers–sur–Oise (Vue panormaique).
- Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of the Mrs. L. L. Coburn Collection: Modern Paintings and Watercolors, Apr. 6 – Oct. 9, 1932, cat. 1 (ill.), as Auvers–sur–Oise, Village Panorama, 1873.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 304, as Auvers–sur–Oise, Village Panorama, 1873.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Exhibition of the Works of Cézanne, Nov. 10 – Dec. 10, 1932, cat. 4, as Auvers–sur–Oise, Village Panorama, 1873.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Cézanne, Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings: A Loan Exhibition, Feb.7– Mar. 16, 1952; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 4– May 18, 1952, cat. 15 (ill.), as Auvers: Village Panorama, 1873––75.
- Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, Van Gogh et Les Peinters d’Auvers sur Oise, Nov. 26, 1954 – Feb. 28, 1955, cat. 12 (ill.), as Vue d’Auvers, 1873–74.
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape, June 28–Sept. 16, 1984, cat. 69; Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 23, 1984–Jan. 6, 1985; Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais as L’Impressionnisme et le paysage français, Feb. 8–Apr. 22, 1985, cat. 35, as Auvers, vue panoramique. –.
- Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces From The Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 18–Dec. 17, 1985, cat. 26 (ill.), as Auvers: Panoramic View, 1873–75; Japan, Fukuoka Art Museum, Jan. 5–Feb. 2, 1986; Japan, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Mar. 4–Apr. 13, 1986–.
- Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Cézanne, Sept. 25, 1995––Jan. 7, 1996, cat. 31; London, Tate Gallery, Feb. 8––Apr. 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, May 26––Aug. 18, 1996.
- Glasgow, Mclellan Galleries, The Birth of Impressionism: From Constable to Monet, May 23–Sept. 7, 1997, no cat. no., as Auvers: Village Panorama, c. 1873.
- Sydney Art Gallery of New South Whales, Classic Cezanne, Nov. 28, 1997–Feb. 28, 1999, cat. 3, as Panoramic view of Auvers (Vue panoramique d’Auvers–sur–Oise), c. 1873–74.
- Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Un ami de Cézanne et de Van Gogh: Le Docteur Gachet, Jan. 28–Apr. 26, 1999; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, as Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Dr. Gachet, May 25–Aug. 15, 1999, cat. P.G. II–4; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Sept. 24–Dec. 5, 1999, cat. P.G. II–4, as Panorama (Auvers), 1873 [New York and Amsterdam only].
Literature
Published references
- Journal des Arts 43 (July 9, 1921), p. 2.
- Daniel Catton Rich, “The Bequest of Mrs. L. L. Coburn,” Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago 26 (1932), p. 70, as Auvers-sur-Oise, 1873.
- Lionello Venturi, Cézanne: son art, son oeuvre vols. 2 (Paris, 1936), no. 150 (ill.), as Auvers, vue panoramique, 1873-75.
- R. Goldwater in Art News Annual (March 26, 1938), p. 146 (ill.).
- Albert Barnes and Violette de Manzia, The Art of Paul Cézanne (New York, 1939), no. 47, as Auvers-sur-Oise: Village Panorama, 1873-75.
- Coronet (May 1939), p. 12 (ill.).
- John Rewald, “Cézanne’s Theories About Art,” Art News 47, 7 (November, 1948), fig. 53.
- Charles Fabens Kelly, “Chicago: Record Years,” Art News 51, 4 (June-July-August 1952), p. 54, as Auvers-sur-Oise.
- Mayer Schapiro, Paul Cézanne (New York, 1952), pp. 44-45 (ill.), as View of Auvers, c. 1874.
- M. Raynal, Geneva, 1954, p. 40 (ill.).
- David Cooper, “The Painters of Auvers-sur-Oise,” Burlington Magazine 97 (April 1955), p. 103, fig. 8 (ill.).
- The Art Institute of Chicago, A Brief Guide to the Collections (The Art Institute of Chicago, 1956), p. 36, as Auvers, Village Panorama.
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