Between 1899 and 1902, cézanne worked at the château noir estate outside aix-en-provence. The neo-gothic buildings of this peculiar country manor were unfinished, giving it the appearance of a ruin. The original owner, who manufactured lampblack (a type of pigment made from soot), had- according to rumor-painted the entire mansion black and practiced black magic, or sorcery, there, supplying the name "the black castle. " the modern stone cistern at château noir seen at the left of this painting contrasts with the ancient boulder at the center; the rock's distinctive shape suggests the flint artifacts unearthed in the region. Local mythology also had it that the surrounding archaeological attractions and strange geological formations housed magical forces. -gallery label from the princeton university art museum. Object Type: painting. Genre: landscape painting. Date: circa 1900. Dimensions: height: 61 cm (24 in); width: 74.3 cm (29.2 in); frame: height: 84.5 cm (33.2 in); width: 97.2 cm (38.2 in); depth: 6.6 cm (2.5 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Princeton University Art Museum. 1900, Cézanne, Cistern in the Park of Chateau Noir
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