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© The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950-134-33
FWN 1094
La Futaie
1880–85
Alternate titles: A Curtain of Trees; Futaie d'arbres; Landscape with Trees; Rideau d'arbres; Rideau d'arbres or Les arbres; Souis-bois; The Forest
Rewald (W233); Venturi revised: 1892–94; Venturi (984): 1890–94
Watercolor on laid paper
Watermark: Desloye "PL BAS"
11 7/16 x 18 1/8 in. (29 x 46 cm)
watermark: PL BAS
Vollard archives: photo no. 111
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection)

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Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Charles Vignier, Paris (July 20, 1917)
Marius de Zayas, New York
Louise and Walter Arensberg, New York and Hollywood;
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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. 18, as Rideau d'arbres.
1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 51, as Rideau d'arbres.
1911 New York
Photo-Succession Gallery [Alfred Stieglitz], New York, Watercolors by Cezanne, March 1–25, 1911, no. 3, as A Curtain of Trees.
1915 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Ausstellung: Französische Kunst, January 20–February 17, 1915, no. 16, as Futaie d'arbres (tentative identification).
1915 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Französische Klassiker des 19. Jahrhunderts, May 2–30, 1915, no. 67, as Futaie d'arbres (tentative identification).
1916b New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 10, as The Forest.
1939 Oakland
Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California, European Master Drawings of the 19th and 20th Centuries, 1939, no. 14, ill.
1949 Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Twentieth Century Art from the Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, October 20–December 18, 1949, no. 37, ill.
1983 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections, July 19–August 21, 1983, no. 25, ill., with verso.
2001 Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and his New York Galleries, January 28–April 22, 2001, pl. 18, as Landscape with Trees, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2009–10 Montclair and traveling
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, Cézanne and American Modernism, September 13, 2009–January 3, 2010, no. 4, ill., p. 146, shown in Montclair only. Traveled to: The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, February 14–May 23, 2010; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, June 26–September 26, 2010.
Published References
Wright 1916b
Wright, Willard Huntington. "Paul Cézanne." International Studio 57, no. 228 (February 1916), p. cxxx.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 984, ill. vol. II, as Souis-bois.
Philadelphia Museum of Art 1954a
Catalogue of the Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 20th Century Section. Philadelphia, 1954, no. 32, ill.
Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 83.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 233, ill.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 148, fig. 78.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 323, ill., as Rideau d'arbres or Les arbres.
Additional material / links
Record last updated September 2, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Futaie, 1880–85 (FWN 1094)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1213 (accessed on April 18, 2024).