The Cleveland Museum of Art
Mount Sainte-Victoire
Description
During the last 20 years of his life, Cezanne repeatedly painted Mount Sainte-Victoire near his home in Aix-en-Provence in southern France. Cezanne painted this view from life at one of his favorite sites, a small road that led from Aix eastward toward Mount Sainte-Victoire. He set up his easel at the edge of the road where he could see two umbrella pines and the mountain towering over the scene. A branch of one of the pines extends from the left of the canvas across the sky, echoing the slope of the mountain, linking the near and the far.
Provenance
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); (Reinhardt Galleries, New York, NY); (The Valentine Galleries, New York, NY, February 20, 1939 sold to Leonard C. Hanna Jr.); Leonard C. Hanna Jr [1889-1957] Cleveland, OH; Leonard C. Hanna [1889-1957] Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
72.2 × 92.4 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
1958.21
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture • France, late 19th-early 20th Century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery