The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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FWN 1098
Bouquet d'arbres au bord d'une rivière
1880–85
Alternate titles: Banks of the Seine at Médan; Bords de rivière; Bouquet d'arbres; Group of Tress; Le berges de l'Ognon; Trees beside a Stream
Rewald (W163); Venturi revised: 1900–06; Venturi (1068): 1895–1900
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
11 13/16 x 18 1/2 in. (30 x 47 cm)
Provenance
Private collection, Japan (1972)
Exhibition History
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 30, as Bords de rivière, dated 1895–1900.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 64, as Trees beside a Stream, c. 1895, lent by Mrs. Beatty.
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 23, as Group of Tress, 1895-1900, lent by Chester Beatty. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 38, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke, July 27–October 31, 2012, no. 50, ill. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Washington, January 27–May 26, 2013.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1068, ill. vol. II, as Bouquet d'arbres.
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 36, no. 24, ill. (dated 1895-1900), Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 163, ill.
Geskó, Judit. "Cézanne: Past / Present / Future." In Cézanne and the past : tradition and creativity [international symposium, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, 28 January 2013]. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017, p. 25, suggests that the motif is the same as FWN283.
Notes
Raymond Hurtu identified the site as les berges de l'Ognon. On the other hand, Gesko (2017) suggests that the motif is in Médan.
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Record last updated October 21, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bouquet d'arbres au bord d'une rivière, 1880–85 (FWN 1098)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1141 (accessed on May 19, 2025).
