The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
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FWN 266
Sous-bois
1890–92
Alternate titles: La forêt: sous-bois; Sotto bosco; Sottobosco; Underwood
Rewald (699): 1890–92; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (645): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
28 11/16 x 36 3/16 in. (73 x 92 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3878, huile; terrain vert avec des grand arbres, 73 x 92 cm (150 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3343, Arbres nus dans paysage, 73 x 92 cm
Vollard archives: photo no. 304, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1885–90
Provenance
Exhibition History
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy, La Peinture française à Florence, Summer 1945, no. 126, pl. LXXXVIII, as Sous-bois, lent by Loeser.
Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Tableaux français en Italie, Tableaux italiens en France, Summer 1946, no. 117, ill.
Biennale Internationale d'Arte, Venice, Italy, Gli Impressionisti alla XXIV Biennale di Venezia, May 29–September 30, 1948, no. 46, ill., as Sottobosco, 1890-94, lent by Matilde Loeser-Calnan, Florence.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 47, ill. National Gallery, Washington D.C.
Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, Les Sources du XXe siècle: les arts en Europe de 1884 à 1914, November 4, 1960–January 23, 1961, no. 83, as La forêt: sous-bois, 1892-94, lent by the US Government, Washington.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 645, ill. vol. II, as Sous-bois.
Argan, Giulio Carlo. "Mostra di pitture francesi in Italia e italiane in Francia." Emporium 104, no. 621 (September 1946), p. 114, ill.
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 55, 679, fig. 30.
Kloss, William. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association, 1992, pp. 258–59, ill.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 699, ill. vol. 2, as Sous-bois.
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 269, fig. 47, as Underwood.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 241; vol. 2, p. 161, as Sous-bois.
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 36, fig. 13.
Record last updated June 1, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sous-bois, 1890–92 (FWN 266)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=677 (accessed on April 18, 2024).
