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Catalogue entry

FWN 1285
Le grand arbre
c.1890
Alternate titles: Arbre; Der große Baum (Le grand arbre); Der grosse Baum; L'arbre; The Forest
Rewald (W349); Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (939): 1890–98
Graphite and watercolor on paper
19 7/8 x 25 9/16 in. (50.5 x 65 cm)
Private collection, Germany

Keywords

Provenance
Hortense Cézanne, Paris
Eugène Blot, Paris;
Blot Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, June 2, 1933, no. 5, ill.
Jacques Seligmann, Paris
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Warburg, New York (1933)
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Stephen Hahn, New York (1975)
Private collection, Germany
Exhibition History
1913 Paris
Galerie Blot, Paris, [Aquarelles de Cézanne], November 17–29, 1913, extended until mid-December. (tentative identification).
1926b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 16?, as Arbre, aquarelle.
1933c New York
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, Water Colors by Cezanne, November 16–December 7, 1933, no. 5, as The Forest.
1933c Paris
Société des peintres-graveurs français, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, XXe exposition including Rétrospectives Paul Cézanne et P.-A. Renoir, aquarelles, dessins, gravures, lithographies, March 24–April 15, 1933, no. 20, as L'arbre.
1948 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Summer Loan Show, 1948, no no.
1950a San Francisco
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. M. Warburg, Summer 1950, no. 3, as The Forest.
1951 St. Louis
City Art Museum, Saint Louis, Summer Loan Show, 1951, no no.
1955 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Summer Loan show, 1955, no no.
1956d New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections, 1956, no no.
1957 Buffalo
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1957, no no.
1958 Richmond
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, The Warburg Collection, 1958, no no.
1959a Cambridge, Mass.
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Summer Loan Show, 1959, no no.
1960 Columbia
Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M.M. Warburg, 1960, no. 2.
1961 Norfolk
Norfolk Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, Summer Loan Show, 1961, no no.
1961a Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Summer Loan Show, 1961, no no.
1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 38, pl. XXXV, as Le grand arbre, 1895-98, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. M. Warburg, New York.
1964 Williamstown
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Twelve Masterworks from the Collection of Edward M. M. Warburg, 1964, no no.
1965 Colorado Springs
Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M.M. Warburg, 1965, no no.
1966 Billings
Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana, [unknown title], 1966, no no.
1967 Pasadena
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 18, ill.
1968b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Collects, July 3–September 2, 1968, no. 12.
1969 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Summer Loan Show, 1969, no no.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 44, ill., as Der große Baum (Le grand arbre), 1890-95, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 31, ill., as Le grand arbre, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
2000–01 Berlin
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlin, Cézanne in Berlin. 28 Werke aus den Staatlichen Museen und aus Privatbesitz, October 6, 2000–January 14, 2001, no. 16, ill.
2011–12 Tübingen
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso & Co., September 17, 2011–January 29, 2012, listed p. 283, ill. p. 66, as Der grosse Baum, 1890-95.
Published References
Waldemar-George 1926a
Waldemar-George. Cézanne: Aquarelles. Paris: Editions des quatre chemins, 1926, pl. 10, collection E. Blot.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 939, ill. vol. II, as Le grand arbre.
T.C.H, Jr. 1950
T.C.H., Jr. "The Taste of Two Collections: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. M. Warburg." Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor VIII, no. 4 (August 1950), no. 3, as The Forest.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 349, ill.
Record last updated March 12, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le grand arbre, c.1890 (FWN 1285)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1330 (accessed on May 18, 2024).