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)
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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
FWN 1220
Sous-bois
1887–89
Alternate titles: Etude d'arbres; Sottobosco; Study of Trees (Sous-bois); Waldstück (Sous-bois)
Rewald (W311); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (1621): 1890–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Watermark: MONTGOLFIER
19 1/2 x 12 9/16 in. (49.6 x 32 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
O'Hana Gallery, London, Paintings and Sculpture of the 19th and 20th Centuries, 1962, no. 9, ill.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 61, ill. in b/w, as Sous-bois, lent by Victoria and Albert Museum. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 72, ill., as Etude d'arbres, 1887-89, lent by Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 42, ill., as Waldstück (Sous-bois), 1888-90, lent by Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Arts Council of Great Britain, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom, Impressionist Drawings from British Public and Private Collections, March 11–April 20, 1986, no. 11, fig. 84. Traveled to: Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 30–June 1, 1986; The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, United Kingdom, June 7–July 13, 1986.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 162, ill., as Sottobosco, lent by Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 27, ill., as Study of Trees (Sous-bois).
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Impressionists on Paper, Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec, November 25, 2023–March 10, 2024, no. 48, ill. lent by Victoria & Albert Museum.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1621, ill. vol. II (upside down), as Sous-bois.
Wadley, Nicholas. "Cézanne Water-colours and Drawings at the Hayward Gallery." The Burlington Magazine 115, no. 849 (December 1973), p. 831, fig. 105.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 311, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 248, fig. 175.
Record last updated April 30, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sous-bois, 1887–89 (FWN 1220)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1292 (accessed on May 9, 2025).
