Paul Cezanne
Bottom of the Ravine, L’Estaque

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Artist Paul Cezanne(French, 1839–1906)French, 1839–1906

CultureFrench

Titles

Bottom of the Ravine, L’Estaque

Datec. 1882

PlaceL'Estaque (near), France

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions28 3/4 × 21 1/4 inches (73 × 54 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number98.274

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

222 Beck Galleries

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European Art, Beck Collection

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Object Type

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ProvenanceVictor Chocquet (1821-1891), Paris; Mme veuve Chocquet (née Marie Buisson) by descent, 1891; [sold by her estate, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, "Tableaux Modernes […] Collection Chocquet," July 1-4, 1899, lot 4, as “Au fond du ravin”]; [Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899]; Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917), Paris; [sold by his estate, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, "Tableaux Modernes […] Collection Octave Mirbeau," February 24, 1919, lot 9, as “Au fond du ravin (L’Estaque)”]; [purchased by Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, February 24, 1919 [1]; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Lausanne, December 31, 1919] [2]; Josef Müller, Solothurn, Switzerland, in 1920 [3] until February 1978; [Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, until May 1978] [4], [5]; purchased by Mr. John A. and Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, May 1978; given to the MFAH, 1998.

[1] An annotated version of the auction catalogue at the Thomas J. Watson Library (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) notes: “41,000 Bernheim J[eu]ne.” [Consulted by Robert McD. Parker on February 26, 2024.]

[2] Date provided by: Société Paul Cezanne. "Catalogue." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/ (accessed by Robert McD. Parker on November 12, 2024).

[3] See Zusammengebrachtes: Josef Müller und seine Kunstwerke. [Undated article MFAH object file, accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024]. According to this article, the sale was transacted through Paul Vallotton (1865-1925) the agent of the Bernheim-Jeune branch office in Lausanne, Switzerland. The work was shipped from Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, to Lausanne and sold to Josef Müller at the end of December 1919 or early 1920.

[4] The painting was purchased from Josef Müller by the Galerie Beyeler in February 1978 and recorded in the stock as inventory no. 8926, later being sold to Mrs. Aubrey Jones Beck on May 23, 1978. (Information provided by Dr. Simon Crameri at the Fondation Beyeler to Julie May Boddewyn by email on November 12, 2024.)

[5] A copy of the 23 May 1978 sales invoice from the Galerie Beyeler to Mrs. Aubrey Jones Beck exists. Additional correspondence dates the first of two payments for the work to 16 May 1978. [MFAH object file-accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]

Exhibition HistoryGalerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1910.

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1914. (Exhibited as "Paysage Rocheux").

Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, 1936.

"Hundert Jahre Malerei aus Solothurner Privatbesitz," Kunstverein Solothurn, Switzerland, 1950.

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