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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 41
La Clairière
c.1867
Alternate titles: Clairière; Parc à l'automne; Paysage d'Automne; The forest glade; The Glade
Rewald (125): c.1867; Venturi revised: 1867–70; Venturi (1514): 1865–70; Cooper: authenticity doubtful, perhaps 1863–65; Gowing: c.1867 (Edinburgh) and perhaps 1865 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Robert de Galéa, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hughes, England
Marlborough Galleries, London
Edgar Ivens, London
Sam Salz, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bernhard, New York;
The Bernhard Foundation, Inc.
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, May 26, 1976, no. 21, ill.,
Jorge Espinoza, Mexico City
Christie's, New York, Nov. 19, 1998, no. 201, ill.
Morohashi Museum of Modern Art, Fukushima
Exhibition History
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 18, as Paysage d'Automne, lent by Vollard, "First time exhibited".1950 London
Adams Gallery, London, French Paintings, May 24–June 30, 1950, no. 6, as The Glade.1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 3, as Clairière, lent by Mr and Mrs Peter Hughes. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.1954 Oslo
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway, Paul Cezanne: 28 malerier, November 13–December 1, 1954, no. 2, as Clairière, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hughes.1958b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1958, no. 13, as The forest glade, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard.1963c New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1963, no. 5, lent by Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard.1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 4. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.2008–09 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Homage to Cézanne: His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting, November 15, 2008–January 25, 2009, no. 68, ill., as La Clairière, lent by Morohashi Museum of Modern Art. Traveled to: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, February 7–April 12, 2009.2012 Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 9, ill.2015 Kanagawa
Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan, Cézanne, Pioneer of Modern Art, April 4–September 27, 2015, no. 2, ill. lent by Morohashi Museum of Modern Art Foundation.Published References
Vergnet-Ruiz 1936
Vergnet-Ruiz, Jean. "Cézanne et I'impressionnisme." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), p. 17, as Parc à l'automne.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1514, ill. vol. II, as Clairière.Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 16, listed.Rewald 1946
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 142, ill.Gowing 1956
Gowing, Lawrence. "Notes on the Development of Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 98, no. 639 (June 1956), p. 187.Rewald 1961
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 195, ill.Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 125, ill. vol. 2, as La Clairière.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 37; vol. 2, p. 48, as La Clairière.Notes
This work was influenced by Gustave Courbet and by the Barbizon painters.
Record last updated May 17, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Clairière, c.1867 (FWN 41)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=136 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
