Catalogue entry

FWN 1093-TA

Forêt

1880–85

Alternate title: Bäume und Felsen (Arbres et rochers)

Rewald (W154)

Graphite and watercolor on paper

10 7/16 x 16 1/2 in. (26.5 x 42 cm)

Inscribed at left: Le soussigné a l'honneur de solliciter de votre bienveillance la légalisation de la signature de Monsieur le Maire du quatrième arrondissement, signature apposée sur le certificat de vie, annexé à la présente requète. Veuillez, Monsieur le Préfet, agréer les salutations respectueuses du soussigné Paul Cezanne

Christie's, New York

Verso

Keywords

Landscape
Natural motifs:
- rock(s) / rocher(s) »
- tree(s) / arbre(s) »

Provenance

Gabriel Cognacq, Paris

Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, May 14, 1958, no. 12, frontispiece

Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, Cologny, Geneva;

Martin Bodmer Foundation, Christie's, New York, Jan. 23, 2002, no. 175, ill.

Exhibition History

1982 Tübingen and traveling

Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 23, ill., as Bäume und Felsen (Arbres et rochers), 1884-86, lent by Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, Cologny - Geneva. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.

Published References

Rewald 1983a

Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 154, ill.

Notes

The draft letter at left was probably written in connection with Cezanne's marriage to Hortense Fiquet. (Rewald, 1983)

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. "Forêt, 1880–85 (FWN 1093-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1132 (accessed on May 18, 2024).