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 1364
Dans la forêt, I
1895–98
Alternate titles: Alberi e rocce a Bibémus; Arbres et Rochers (Bibémus); Dans la forêt; In het bos; Le ravin; Les rochers au château noir; Rochers au Château Noir; Rochers près du "Château noir"; Sous-bois; The Ravine
Rewald (W422); Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (931): 1888–94
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 7/8 x 12 3/16 in. (48 x 31 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Grafton Galleries, London, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition - Re-arrangement, January 4–31, 1913, no. 5, as Le ravin, lent by Bernheim-Jeune et Cie.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 41, as Rochers au Château Noir, 1888-94, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, (erroneously listed as Venturi 930). Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 100, c. 1900, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 47.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 75, c. 1900.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 32, as Rochers près du "Château noir", 1895-1898, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Paysages du Midi de Cézanne à Derain, 1969, no. 46, as Les rochers au château noir, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 81, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 168, as Sous-bois, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence; shown in London only. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 32, ill., as Rochers au Château Noir, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, c. 1900. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 32, ill., as Rochers au Château Noir, c. 1900, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 11, fig. 237, 1888-94, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 79, ill., as Dans la forêt, I, 1895-98, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 192, ill., as Alberi e rocce a Bibémus, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 104, ill. lent by Musée Granet; shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 51, ill., as In het bos, 1895-1898, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Musée Gustave Courbet, Ornans, France, Courbet/Cézanne: La vérité en peinture, June 29–October 14, 2013, no. 44, ill., as Arbres et Rochers (Bibémus), c. 1895.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne at home, October 20, 2017–April 1, 2018.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 153, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Published References
Wright, Willard Huntington. "Paul Cézanne." International Studio 57, no. 228 (February 1916), p. cxxx.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 931, ill. vol. II, as Dans la forêt.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 422, ill.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. "Catalogue des oeuvres de Cézanne conservées au musée Granet d'Aix-en-Provence." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984, pp. 230–231, no. 9, pl. 12.
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 146, ill.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 217.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 326, ill., as Le ravin.
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Record last updated March 18, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Dans la forêt, I, 1895–98 (FWN 1364)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1404 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
