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Catalogue entry

FWN 1123
Le Hêtre
1883–85
Alternate titles: Le Hêtre; The Ash Tree
Rewald (W165); Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (995): 1883–87
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
10 13/16 x 10 5/8 in. (27.5 x 27 cm) (watercolor image)
12 5/16 x 18 13/16 in. (31.3 x 47.8 cm) (sheet size)
Vollard archives: photo without no. (showing the entire sheet)
Private collection

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Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Lucien Guiraud, Paris (July 28, 1917);
Guiraud Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 14–15, 1956, no. 17, pl. IV
Galerie Pierre (Loeb), Paris
Mr. and Mrs. Boris Leavitt, Hanover, Pa.;
Christie's, New York, Nov.14, 1996, no. 121, ill.
Private collection, Italy
Pandolfini (auction), Milan, Oct, 29, 2019, no. 30, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1913 London
Grafton Galleries, London, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition - Re-arrangement, January 4–31, 1913, no. 31, as Le Hêtre, lent by Bernheim-Jeune et Cie.
1914a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914.
1916b New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 32, as The Ash Tree.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 995, ill. vol. II, as Le Hêtre (showing the entire sheet).
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 165 (showing the entire sheet).
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 382, ill., as Le Hêtre.
Record last updated June 20, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Hêtre, 1883–85 (FWN 1123)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1143 (accessed on May 3, 2025).