The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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FWN 1385
Profil de rocher près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir
1895–1900
Alternate titles: Alberi tra rocce; Arbres parmi les rocs; Arbres parmi les rocs, au Château Noir; Bäume und Felsen oberhalb des Château Noir (Arbres parmi les rocs au-dessus de Château Noir); Les Rocs dans la verdure; Rochers (Château Noir); Rochers avec des arbres; Rocks and Trees; The Trees; Trees among rocks; Trees Amongst Rocks
Rewald (W436); Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (1060): 1900–04
Watercolor on wove paper
18 7/8 x 12 3/16 in. (48 x 31 cm)
Provenance
Private collection, New York;
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles & pastels de Cézanne, H.E. Cross, Degas, Jongkind, Camille Pissarro, K.X. Roussel, Paul Signac, Vuillard, May 3–15, 1909, no. 10, as Les Rocs dans la verdure.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 65, as Les Rocs dans la verdure.
Rome, Prima esposizione internazionale d'arte della 'Secessione," March–April 1913, no. 678.
La Libre Esthétique, Brussels, Interprétations du Midi, March 8–April 13, 1913, no. 51, as Arbres parmi les rocs.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914.
Secessione, II. Internationale, Rome, Seconda esposizione internationale d'arte della 'Secessione," February–June 1914, no. 16, as Alberi tra rocce, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Ausstellung: Französische Kunst, January 20–February 17, 1915, no. 18, as Arbres parmi les rocs (tentative identification).
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Französische Klassiker des 19. Jahrhunderts, May 2–30, 1915, no. 69, as Arbres parmi les rocs (tentative identification).
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 11, as Trees Amongst Rocks.
Arden Gallery, New York, The Evolution of French Art from Ingres and Delacroix to the Latest Manifestations, April–May 1919, no. 99?, as The Trees.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters, April 17–May 9, 1920, no. 48, as Rocks and Trees.
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926, no no.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 19, as Trees among rocks. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 19, ill., as Trees Among Rocks.
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 25.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 51, as Arbres parmi les rocs, au Château Noir, 1900-04, lent by Museum of Modern Art (The Lillie P. Bliss Collection).
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 64, ill., as Bäume und Felsen oberhalb des Château Noir (Arbres parmi les rocs au-dessus de Château Noir), 1895-1900, lent by Private collection, New York. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Published References
"A Representative Group of Cézannes Here." New York Times Magazine, January 2, 1916, p. 21.
Wright, Willard Huntington. "Paul Cézanne." International Studio 57, no. 228 (February 1916), p. cxxx.
Rewald, John, and Léo Marschutz. "Plastique et réalité: Cézanne au Château Noir." L'Amour de l'art 16, no. 1 (January 1935), p. 20, no. 25, fig. 12 p. 19, with photograph of motif, as Rochers avec des arbres.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1060, ill. vol. II, as Arbres parmi les rocs, au Château Noir.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 29, fig. 34.
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 30, no. 102, as Trees among rocks.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 436, ill.
Novotny, Fritz. Paul Cézanne: Gesammelte Schriften zu seinem Werk und Materialien aus dem Nachlaß. Introduction by Gabriel Ramin Schor (editor), Agnes Blaha (assistance). Vienna: Klever, 2011, fig. 34.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 321, ill., as Rochers (Château Noir).
Record last updated July 2, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Profil de rocher près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, 1895–1900 (FWN 1385)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1418 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
