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)
FWN 1225
Clairière
1887–90
Alternate titles: Les Bois; Les boix, Aix-en-Provence; Sous-bois; Study of Trees; Waldstück
Rewald (W300); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Chappuis: c.1885
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 5/16 x 11 13/16 in. (46.6 x 30 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 63, as Study of Trees, c. 1895, lent by Sir Victor Schuster.
Music and Arts Society, Huntington, United Kingdom, Paintings from the Collections of the Earl of Sandwich and Stanley W. Sykes, 1949, no. 12.
The Lefevre Gallery, London, XIX Century French Masters, June–July 1949, no. 6, as Les boix, Aix-en-Provence, c. 1895.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 73, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 165, as Sous-bois, lent by Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, Landscapes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, June 20–July 12, 1974, no. 7, pl.63.
Galerie Heim, Paris, Cent dessins francais du Fitzwilliam Museum, 1976, no. 13, ill. (dated 1890). Traveled to: Musees de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, 1976; Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille, France, 1976.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 149, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 90, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Kjellberg, Pierre. "Dessins français du Fitzwilliam Museum." Connaissance des Arts, no. 289 (March 1976), p. 53, ill., as Les Bois, c. 1890.
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: Aquarelle. Cologne: DuMont, 1982. Exhibition catalogue, p. 279, cat. no. 87 verso, as Waldstück, c. 1890.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 300, ill.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 102, fig. 69.
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 41, ill. dated 1890.
Record last updated March 23, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Clairière, 1887–90 (FWN 1225)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1281 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
