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Catalogue entry

FWN 1326
Sous-bois aux grands troncs (Fontainebleau?)
1892–94 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Gehölz; L'allée; Souis-bois aux grands troncs; Sous-bois; Unter Bäumen
Rewald (W451); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Cézanne fils: c.1894; Venturi (1005): 1895–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
16 1/2 x 22 7/16 in. (42 x 57 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 5
Private collection

Keywords

Provenance
Estate of Paul Cézanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Herbert Kullmann, Manchester (February 15, 1912);
Kullman Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, (as L'allée), May 16, 1914, no. 3
Galerie E. Druet, Paris (May 16, 1914)
Charles Kuntz, Paris;
John Paul Kuntz, New York;
Parke-Bernet, New York, May 27, 1976, no. 212, ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Reed, Caldwell, New Jersey
Sotheby's, New York, May 2, 1996, no. 124; bought in
Christie's, New York, Nov. 7, 2002, no. 102, ill.; bought in
Private collection
Exhibition History
1907d Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Les aquarelles de Cézanne, June 17–29, 1907, no. 9 ?, as Sous-bois, tentative identification.
1907 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, X. Jahrgang, 1907/1908, I. Ausstellung, September 30–October 18, 1907, no. 6, as Gehölz, tentative identification.
1908 Dresden
Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Dresden, Germany, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, April–May 1908, no. 6, as Unter Bäumen.
1909b Paris
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. 14, as L'allée, tentative identification.
1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 62, as L'allée, tentative identification.
1914 Paris
MM. Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Paris, Collection Herbert Kullmann (de Manchester), trois jours d'exposition, May 13–15, 1914, no. 3, as L'allée.
1920 Paris
Galerie Druet, Paris, Exposition de 30 dessins et aquarelles par Paul Cézanne, April 12–23, 1920. (van Doren, in Touchstone, Dec. 1920, p.188 mentions a watercolor in the show "a wood interior, which was probably this watercolor.
1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 9, ill.
2009–10 Montclair and traveling
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, Cézanne and American Modernism, September 13, 2009–January 3, 2010, no. 11, ill., p. 153. Traveled to: The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, February 14–May 23, 2010; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, June 26–September 26, 2010.
2011–12 Paris
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 65, ill., p. 146, as Sous-bois aux grands troncs (Fontainebleau?), lent by Private collection.
Published References
Van Doren 1920
Van Doren, Harold L. "Some Little Known Cézannes." Touchstone 8 (December 1920), p. 188.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 220, listed, as Sous-bois.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1005, ill. vol. II, as Souis-bois aux grands troncs.
Coutagne and Hurtu 2011
Coutagne, Denis, and Raymond Hurtu. "Paysages des années 1888–1905." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 146, ill.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013b
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektionen Paul Cézanne, Curt Herrmann, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch: 30. September bis 18. Oktober 1907." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1905-1908. vol. 3, "Den Sinnen ein magischer Rausch". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 501, ill.
Record last updated August 25, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sous-bois aux grands troncs (Fontainebleau?), 1892–94 (possibly later) (FWN 1326)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1433 (accessed on April 16, 2024).