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 1275
Le Clos
c.1889
Alternate titles: Der Baumgarten; Landscape with Trees; Sous-bois; The Enclosure
Rewald (W315); Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (928): 1885–86
Graphite and watercolor on paper
16 11/16 x 22 3/16 in. (42.4 x 56.4 cm) (sight)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 151, as Der Baumgarten, c. 1886, lent by Private collection.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 43, as Le Clos, 1885-86 (listed with incorrect dimensions), lent by Dr. G. Schweitzer.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 19th Century French Drawings, March 8–April 6, 1947, no. 109, as Landscape with Trees, 1885-1886, lent by Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge, Mass.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 65, ill., as The Enclosure, 1885-86, lent by Dr. Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge, Mass. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Five Centuries of of Drawings, October–November 1953, no. 212.
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 9, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 928, ill. vol. II, as Le Clos.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 315, ill.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 330, ill, as Sous-bois.
Record last updated June 7, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Clos, c.1889 (FWN 1275)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1296 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
