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Paul Cézanne Château Noir 1903-04

  • MoMA, Floor 5, 501 The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Galleries

After settling in Aix, France, in 1899, Cézanne ventured daily into the surrounding Provencal landscape in search of subjects to paint. Chateau Noir, a recently constructed neo-Gothic castle designed to mimic aged ruins, captivated him. He repeatedly represented this structure and also painted from its grounds, where he had an unobstructed view of nearby Mont Sainte-Victoire, another favored subject. As is typical of landscapes executed late in his career, Cézanne applied thick paint in broad, multihued swatches.

Gallery label from 2012
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
29 x 36 3/4" (73.6 x 93.2 cm)
Credit
Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
Object number
137.1957
Department
Painting and Sculpture

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Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Claude Monet, Giverny (Oct. 26, 1906);
Michel Monet, Giverny
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York, and Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York
Dr. David M. Levy, New York (Jan. 2, 1941);
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1957). Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy

Per Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jayne Warman, and David Nash. "Château Noir”, 1803-04 (FWN 360)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=913 (retrieved Mar 21, 2022).

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