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Catalogue entry

FWN 1189
Etude d'arbre (Le grand pin)
c.1890
Alternate titles: Baum; Baumast; Baumstudie; Baumstudie (Etude pour un arbre); Chestnut Tree; Der Kastanienbaum; Etude pour un arbre; Kastanienbaum; Le Châtaignier; Le Grand Pin (étude); Le grand pin, étude d'arbre; Pine tree; Study for a Tree; Tree Study
Rewald (W287); Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (1024): 1885–90
Watercolor on paper
10 7/8 x 17 3/16 in. (27.7 x 43.7 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Francis Vielé-Griffin, Paris (Jan. 19, 1910)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Jan. 30, 1917)
Sally Falk, Mannheim (Jan. 31, 1917)
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (private collection);
Suse Paret-Cassirer, Berlin and Menton (1926)
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (1935)
Kunsthaus Zürich, Graphische Sammlung (April 1935)
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. 1, as Le Châtaignier.
1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 50, as Le Châtaignier.
1911 New York
Photo-Succession Gallery [Alfred Stieglitz], New York, Watercolors by Cezanne, March 1–25, 1911, no. 7, as Chestnut Tree.
1913 London
Grafton Galleries, London, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition - Re-arrangement, January 4–31, 1913, no. 28, as Le Châtaignier, lent by Bernheim-Jeune et Cie.
1914a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914.
1914 Bremen
Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany, Internationale Ausstellung, February 1–March 31, 1914, no. 427, as Der Kastanienbaum, [lent by Bernheim-Jeune], for sale.
1914 Dresden
Galerie Ernst Arnold, Dresden, Germany, Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, April–May 1914, no. 117, as Kastanienbaum.
1921 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 46, as Baumast, lent by Paul Cassirer pr.
1927e Berlin
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Cézanne, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen; Bronzen von Edgar Degas, May 19–June 16, 1927, no. 24, as Baum, for sale.
1935 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Sammlung:1910-1930, May 26–August 11, 1935, no. 225, as Baum, Inv. Nr. 2374.
1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 51, as Etude pour un arbre, 1885-1890, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 57, as Study for a Tree, c. 1885, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
1943 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Ausländische Kunst in Zürich, July 25–September 26, 1943, no. 545, as Baumstudie.
1950 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Europäische Kunst, 13. bis 20. Jahrhundert, June 6–August 13, 1950, listed p. 26, as Baumstudie, 1885/90, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 66, ill. 1885-90, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 72, lent by Kunsthaus Zurich.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 104.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 81, 1885/90, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 69, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: pp. 164-165, as Pine tree, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 37, ill., as Baumstudie (Etude pour un arbre), c. 1890, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich, Graphische Sammlung (Inv.-No. 2374). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
1986 Tokyo and traveling
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 51, ill. lent by Kunsthaus Zürich. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 156, ill. in color, p. 377, as Le grand pin, étude d'arbre, c. 1890, lent by Kunsthaus, Zürich, shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 97, ill., as Etude d'arbre (Le grand pin), c. 1890, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
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. 21, as Tree Study, Kunsthaus Zurich.
2006–07 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Hommage à Cézanne, November 30, 2006–February 11, 2007, no no., as Etude d'arbre (Le grand pin), c. 1890, Kunsthaus Zürich.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 171, ill.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1024, ill. vol. II, as Etude pour un arbre.
Schmidt 1952
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 11.
Grünigen 1964
Grünigen, Berchtold von. Vom Impressionismus zum Tachismus. Basel: Birkhäuser, 1964, p. 26, ill.
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, fig. 56.
Wadley 1973
Wadley, Nicholas. "Cézanne Water-colours and Drawings at the Hayward Gallery." The Burlington Magazine 115, no. 849 (December 1973), p. 831.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 148, ill., as Etude pour un arbre, 1895-1900.
Perucchi-Petri 1982
Perucchi-Petri, Ursula. "Die Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne und die Kunst Ostasiens." Du 42, no. 4 (September 1982), p. 15, ill.
Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 141.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 287, ill.
Erpel 1988
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1988, no. 23.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 221, ill.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 145, fig. 76.
Sollers 1995
Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 133, ill.
Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 90.
Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 104, fig. 73.
Landrot 2010
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 43, ill.
Prat 2011
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 618, no. 1475, ill. in color, as Le Grand Pin (étude), c. 1890.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 214, fig. 144.
Ramuz 2016
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. L’exemple de Cézanne; Cézanne le précurseur. Lugano: Pagine d’Arte, 2016, listed p. [10], ill. p. [13] and cover (detail).
Notes

According to Rewald (1983, p. 153), "[T]he specific tree has been identified as Le grand Pin de Bellevue." 

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude d'arbre (Le grand pin), c.1890 (FWN 1189)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1268 (accessed on March 28, 2024).