1895, Paul Cezanne, Fields at Bellevue -- Phillips Collection (Washington)
From the museum label:
Situated on a hill near Aix and Mont Sainte-Victoire is Bellevue, a property acquired by Cezanne's sister Rose Conil in 1886. This canvas may depict the Arc River valley below it, where the artist focused his attention on the structures of the farmhouses and other abandoned buildings, constructed with flat translucent geometric planes. His palette captures the longer shadows of the late afternoon.
This work was privately acquired during the artist's lifetime. In 1939, it made its US debut at the centennial exhibition of Cezanne's birth presented by Marie Harriman Gallery, New York. Phillips purchased it from the gallery in 1940 for $14,000, and included it in the 1941 Functions of Color in Painting exhibition, and later with examples by Pierre Bonnard, Marjorie Phillips, and Berthe Morisot. For many years this picture hung in the Phillips family's home on Foxhall Road.
The labels on the back of Fields of Bellevue reveal its past ownership and where it was exhibited. Three labels document its inclusion in the 11th Internationale Exposition des Beaux Art in Venice in 1920: a handwritten inscription noting the owner at that time as Egisto Fabbri, Florence; a customs label; and an Italian label indicating the painting's inventory number as 1055. Ambroise Vollard's stock book number for the work, 3401, is on a label in the center of the stretcher crossbar, and below it, an indecipherable handwritten label in black ink may refer to a previous owner or an exhibition. Customs stamps indicate that it was shipped in and out of France. A torn label in the upper right can be assigned to the French shipping company De la Rancheraye et Cie (operating in Paris from 1912-24).
1895, Paul Cezanne, Fields at Bellevue -- Phillips Collection (Washington)
From the museum label:
Situated on a hill near Aix and Mont Sainte-Victoire is Bellevue, a property acquired by Cezanne's sister Rose Conil in 1886. This canvas may depict the Arc River valley below it, where the artist focused his attention on the structures of the farmhouses and other abandoned buildings, constructed with flat translucent geometric planes. His palette captures the longer shadows of the late afternoon.
This work was privately acquired during the artist's lifetime. In 1939, it made its US debut at the centennial exhibition of Cezanne's birth presented by Marie Harriman Gallery, New York. Phillips purchased it from the gallery in 1940 for $14,000, and included it in the 1941 Functions of Color in Painting exhibition, and later with examples by Pierre Bonnard, Marjorie Phillips, and Berthe Morisot. For many years this picture hung in the Phillips family's home on Foxhall Road.
The labels on the back of Fields of Bellevue reveal its past ownership and where it was exhibited. Three labels document its inclusion in the 11th Internationale Exposition des Beaux Art in Venice in 1920: a handwritten inscription noting the owner at that time as Egisto Fabbri, Florence; a customs label; and an Italian label indicating the painting's inventory number as 1055. Ambroise Vollard's stock book number for the work, 3401, is on a label in the center of the stretcher crossbar, and below it, an indecipherable handwritten label in black ink may refer to a previous owner or an exhibition. Customs stamps indicate that it was shipped in and out of France. A torn label in the upper right can be assigned to the French shipping company De la Rancheraye et Cie (operating in Paris from 1912-24).