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The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
Catalogue entry
FWN 1119
Sous-bois
1882–84
Alternate titles: Spring Woods; 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
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Montross Gallery, New York
John Quinn, New York (January 1916)
Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, New York;
Sullivan Collection, American-Anderson Galleries, New York, Apr. 29–May 1, 1937, no. 62, ill
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York (1941)
Exhibition History
1909b Paris
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.1913 London
Grafton Galleries, London, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition - Re-arrangement, January 4–31, 1913, no. 14, as Troncs blancs, lent by Bernheim-Jeune et Cie.1914 Rome
Secessione, II. Internationale, Rome, Seconda esposizione internationale d'arte della 'Secessione", February–June 1914, no. 32, as Tronchi bianchi, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.1915 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Ausstellung: Französische Kunst, January 20–February 17, 1915, no. 13, as Troncs blancs (tentative identification).1915 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Französische Klassiker des 19. Jahrhunderts, May 2–30, 1915, no. 64, as Troncs blancs (tentative identification).1916b New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 34, as White Tree Trunks.Published References
Wright 1916b
Wright, Willard Huntington. "Paul Cézanne." International Studio 57, no. 228 (February 1916), p. cxxx.Quinn 1926
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 959, ill. vol. II, as Sous-bois.Shoolman and Slatkin 1942
Shoolman, Regina, and Charles Slatkin. The Enjoyment of Art in America. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1942, ill.Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 31, ill.Shoolman and Slatkin 1950
Shoolman, Regina, and Charles Slatkin. Six Centuries of French Master Drawings in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1950, p. 194, pl. 109, as Spring Woods, 1883-7.Zilczer 1978
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 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 169, ill.Dauberville 2020
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 October 24, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sous-bois, 1882–84 (FWN 1119)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1147 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
