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Catalogue entry

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)
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (Bequest of Captain Stanley W. Sykes)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Sir Victor Schuster, London
McNeil Reid, London
Reid & Lefèvre, London
Captain Stanley W. Sykes, Cambridge;
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (1966)
Exhibition History
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 63, as Study of Trees, c. 1895, lent by Sir Victor Schuster.
1949 Huntington
Music and Arts Society, Huntington, United Kingdom, Paintings from the Collections of the Earl of Sandwich and Stanley W. Sykes, 1949, no. 12.
1949a London
The Lefevre Gallery, London, XIX Century French Masters, June–July 1949, no. 6, as Les boix, Aix-en-Provence, c. 1895.
1953 Peterborough
Maxwell Art Gallery, Peterborough, United Kingdom, French Paintings, 1953, no. 33.
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. 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.
1974a London
Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, Landscapes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, June 20–July 12, 1974, no. 7, pl.63.
1976 Paris and traveling
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.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 149, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 90, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Kjellberg 1976
Kjellberg, Pierre. "Dessins français du Fitzwilliam Museum." Connaissance des Arts, no. 289 (March 1976), p. 53, ill., as Les Bois, c. 1890.
Adriani 1982
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: Aquarelle. Cologne: DuMont, 1982. Exhibition catalogue, p. 279, cat. no. 87 verso, as Waldstück, c. 1890.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 300, ill.
Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 102, fig. 69.
Landrot 2010
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 18, 2024).