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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
Troy WIlkinson; © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
FWN 1188
Etude d'arbre (Le grand pin)
1885–90
Alternate titles: Etude d'arbre: le grand pin; Étude pour un Pin; L'Arbre; Le chêne; Studie van een Boom; Study for a Pine Tree; Study of a Tree
Rewald (W285); Venturi (1494): 1885–90
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
12 1/4 x 18 13/16 in. (31.1 x 47.8 cm)
Provenance
Walther Halvorsen, Oslo
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (April 1, 1920)
Leicester Galleries, London (September 1925)
Earl of Sandwich, Huntingdon;
Christie's, London, Nov. 30, 1962, no. 40 (withdrawn);
Amiya, Countess of Sandwich, London;
Christie's, London, Nov. 27, 1964, no. 97, ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.;
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Exhibition History
1925b London
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 29, as L'Arbre (tentative identification).1930 Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh en zijn tijdgenooten, September 6–November 2, 1930, no. 135, as Studie van een Boom, lent by the Earl of Sandwich, Huntingdon.1946c London and traveling
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 29, as Study for a Pine Tree, 1885-1890, lent by Earl of Sandwich. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.1966 Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, March 18–May 1, 1966, no. 230, ill., as Study of a Tree, 1885-90.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 128, Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1494, ill, vol. II, as Étude pour un Pin.Johnson 1963a
Johnson, Ellen. "Cézanne and a Pine Tree." Bulletin of the Allen Memorial Art Museum 21, no. 1 (Fall 1963), p. 16, note 16.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 285, ill.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 374, fig. 4, as Etude d'arbre: le grand pin, 1889-1890.Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 105, fig. 74.Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 236, fig. 163, dated c. 1890.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 384, ill., as Le chêne.Related
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Record last updated September 5, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude d'arbre (Le grand pin), 1885–90 (FWN 1188)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1266 (accessed on May 3, 2024).
