The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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Erik Cornelius; © Nationalmuseum
FWN 1272
Les Arbres en V
c.1890
Alternate titles: Soud-bois; Trees - Les arbres; Trees in 'V' Shape
Rewald (W322); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (961): 1890–98
Graphite and watercolor on paper
16 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (42.5 x 29.8 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Leicester Galleries, London, The Art Collection of the late Sir Hugh Walpole, Part I, April 11–May 8, 1945, no. 137, ill., as Les Arbres en V, 1890-98.
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 15, as Trees in 'V' Shape, 1890-1898, lent by Leicester Galleries. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
The Drawing Center, New York, The Art of Drawing on France, 1400–1900, Drawings from the National Museum of Stockholm, April 11–July 22, 1987. Traveled to: National Gallery of Scotland, Edinborough, August 7–October 19, 1987.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 18, ill., p. 67.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 961, ill. vol. II, as Les Arbres en V.
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 13, no. 6, ill. (dated 1890–98), PrIncess de Bassiano, Paris.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 95, as Trees - Les arbres, 1890-1900, Princess de Bassiano, Paris.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 322, ill.
Bjurström, Per. French Drawings III, Nineteenth Century. Stockholm: Nationalmuseum, 1986, no. 1353.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 320, ill., as Soud-bois.
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Record last updated March 17, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les Arbres en V, c.1890 (FWN 1272)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1303 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
