The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
FWN 1119
Sous-bois
1882–84
Alternate titles: Tronchi bianchi; Troncs blancs; White Tree Trunks
Rewald: (W169); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi: (959) 1883–87
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
15 1/4 x 11 in. (38.7 x 28 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles & pastels de Cézanne, H.E. Cross, Degas, Jongkind, Camille Pissarro, K.X. Roussel, Paul Signac, Vuillard, May 3–15, 1909, no. 6, as Troncs blancs.
Secessione, II. Internationale, Rome, Seconda esposizione internationale d'arte della 'Secessione", February–June 1914, no. 32, as Tronchi bianchi, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 34, as White Tree Trunks.
Published References
Wright, Willard Huntington. "Paul Cézanne." International Studio 57, no. 228 (February 1916), p. cxxx.
Quinn, John. The John Quinn Collection of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, and Sculpture. Foreword by Forbes Watson. Hunstville, NY: Pidgeon Hill Press, 1926, pp. 7 and 38, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 959, ill. vol. II, as Sous-bois.
Shoolman, Regina, and Charles Slatkin. The Enjoyment of Art in America. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1942, ill.
Zilczer, Judith. "The Noble Buyer": John Quinn, Patron of the Avant-Garde. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. Exhibition catalogue (1978 Washington, D.C.), Appendix I, p.153.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 169, ill.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 381, ill., as Troncs blancs.
Record last updated May 5, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jayne Warman, and David Nash. "Sous-bois, 1882–84 (FWN 1119)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1147 (accessed on September 25, 2022).
