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Catalogue entry

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

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Georges Renand, Paris;
Georges Renand Collection, Drouot-Montaigne, Paris, Nov. 20, 1987, no. 6, ill.
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Private collection
Exhibition History
1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
1935b Paris
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
1936c Paris
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.
1937 New York
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 3, as Paysage près de Vichy.
1938 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Quarante aquarelles de Cézanne, April 1–May 5, 1938, no catalogue issued.
1939 Lyon
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.
1942a Paris
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Un siècle d'aquarelle, opening March 8, 1942, no. 35, as Environs de Vichy, lent by Private collection.
1950d Paris
Galerie Baugin, Paris, Aquarelles de Cezanne, May 15–June 10, 1950, no. 1, as Environs de Vichy, 1897.
1951 Geneva
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.
1953 Aix-en-Provence
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.
1953 Aix-en-Provence and traveling
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.
1958 Paris
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).
1960 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune-Dauberville, Paris, Cézanne – Aquarelliste et Peintre, May–July 1960, no. 18, as Arbres à Vichy, 1897.
1985 New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, XIX and XX Century Master Drawings and Watercolors, April 26–May 26, 1985, no. 1, ill.
1988 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, October 15–December 31, 1988, no. 13, ill.
1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 3, ill.
2012 Vienna
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 973, ill. vol. II, as Arbres à Vichy.
Réau 1942
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.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 254.
Cherpin et al. 1972
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 1983a
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 3, 2024).