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Catalogue entry

FWN 1324
Etude d'arbres
c.1892
Alternate titles: Quatre arbres; Trees on a rock
Rewald (W366); Venturi revised: 1895–1900
Watercolor and black chalk on laid paper
Watermark: MBM
18 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (47.3 x 31.7 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 9
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon)

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Provenance
Estate of Paul Cézanne (1906)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (907)
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (1938)
Erich Maria Remarque, Porto Ronco (Nov. 1938)
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1968)
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va. (1968);
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1985)
Exhibition History
1939e London
Paul Cassirer Ltd, London, Paul Cézanne – Water Colours, July 1939, no. 33, as Trees on a rock, dated 1895, Exhibited for the first time. Lent by Private collection.
1942–43 Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The E.M. Remarque Collection, November 23, 1942–July 26, 1943, no number listed.
1943a New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Remarque Collection, October 18–November 13, 1943, no. 45, ill., as Quatre arbres.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 81, ill. lent by E. M. Remarque, Ascona.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 132, ill., pl. 59.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 104, ill. c. 1900, lent by E. M. Remarque, Ascona.
1986 Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, July 20–October 17, 1986.
1999 Washington
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Washington, An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, November 7, 1999–February 27, 2000.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 103, ill. lent by National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Published References
Zahn 1957
Zahn, Leopold. Paul Cézanne. Landschaftsaquarelle. Baden-Baden: W. Klein, 1957, pl. 10.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 366, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 211, ill.
Kapos 1993
Kapos, Martha. The Post-Impressionists: A Retrospective. New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1993, p. 278.
Schneider and Jaehner 2013
Schneider, Thomas F. and Inge Jaehner, eds. Remarques Impressionisten: Kunstsammeln und Kunsthandel im Exil / Remarque's Impressionists: Art Collecting and Art Dealing in Exile. Göttingen and Bristol: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013, pp. 210-11, no. 19, ill.
Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 184, ill.
Record last updated January 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude d'arbres, c.1892 (FWN 1324)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1347 (accessed on April 26, 2024).