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)
FWN 1042
Groupe d'arbres
1877–80
Alternate titles: Arbres à Vichy; Arbres aux environs de Vichy; Baumgruppe; Environs de Vichy; Paysage près de Vichy
Rewald (W76); Venturi revised: 1880–81; Venturi (973): 1897; Rivière: c.1885–88
Watercolor on paper
17 11/16 x 12 3/16 in. (45 x 31 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 130, as Arbres à Vichy, 1907 (during a stay in Vichy), lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 3, as Paysage près de Vichy.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Quarante aquarelles de Cézanne, April 1–May 5, 1938, no catalogue issued.
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 48, as Arbres aux environs de Vichy, 1883-1887, lent by Cézanne fils.
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Un siècle d'aquarelle, opening March 8, 1942, no. 35, as Environs de Vichy, lent by Private collection.
Galerie Baugin, Paris, Aquarelles de Cezanne, May 15–June 10, 1950, no. 1, as Environs de Vichy, 1897.
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, De Watteau à Cézanne, July 7–September 30, 1951, no. 91, as Arbres à Vichy, lent by Private collection, Paris.
Galerie Lucien Blanc, Aix-en-Provence, France, Aquarelles de Paul Cézanne, July 1953, no. 5, ill., as Arbres à Vichy, daed 1897, lent by Private collection.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, hors catalogue, as Arbres à Vichy, lent by Private collection, Paris; (only shown in Nice). Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, De l'Impressionnisme à nos jours, opening June 27, 1958, no. 229, as Environs de Vichy, 1895, lent by G. Renand, Paris; (with erroneous measurements).
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune-Dauberville, Paris, Cézanne – Aquarelliste et Peintre, May–July 1960, no. 18, as Arbres à Vichy, 1897.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, XIX and XX Century Master Drawings and Watercolors, April 26–May 26, 1985, no. 1, ill.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, October 15–December 31, 1988, no. 13, ill.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 3, ill.
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 17, ill., as Baumgruppe, c. 1877-1880, lent by Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 973, ill. vol. II, as Arbres à Vichy.
Réau, Louis. Un siècle d’aquarelle: de Géricault à nos jours. Paris: Galerie Charpentier, 1942, color pl. frontispiece (no. 1 hors-texte), as Environs de Vichy.
Cherpin, Jean et al. "L'Oeuvre gravé de Cézanne." Arts et Livres de Provence (Marseille) 82 (1972), ill. p. [75], as Arbres à Vichy, 1897.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 76, ill.
Notes
The artist's son claimed that this watercolor was executed in Vichy, where Cezanne stayed in June 1896.
Record last updated January 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Groupe d'arbres, 1877–80 (FWN 1042)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1053 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
