Chemin Des Lauves: The Turn in the Road (Maison Près D'un Tournant en Haut Du Chemin des Lauves)
Chemin Des Lauves: The Turn in the Road (Maison Près D'un Tournant en Haut Du Chemin des Lauves)
About This Work
Provenance
[Ambroise Vollard (1867–1939), Paris]. [Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne]. [Justin K. Thannhauser (1892–1976), New York, by 1952]; acquired by Pearlman’s daughter Marjorie Scheuer, probably acting on behalf of her father, as an even exchange for the painting Young Girl Seated by Modigliani, 20 Jan.1954; Henry Pearlman, by 1956; Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, 1985.
Critical Perspective
Late in 1901, Cézanne acquired the property on which he built his last studio, situated midway up the hill at Les Lauves, north of Aix-en-Provence. The site for this particular watercolor is found at a bend in the road, a short distance up the hill from the studio.
This work exemplifies Cézanne’s late watercolor technique, which involved the meticulous piling of wet layers over dry ones, allowing a range of colors to interpenetrate and mingle (without mixing), forming single and solid planes, hues, and shapes.