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)
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FWN 1426
Arbres et maisons
c.1900
Alternate titles: Haus unter Bäumen; Haus zwischen Bäumen; Häuser inmitten von Bäumen (Maisons au milieu des arbres); House among Trees; Landscape; Maison au milieu d'arbres; Maison et Arbres
Rewald (W509); Venturi revised: 1906; Venturi (977): 1890–94; Other: Andersen 1890–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Watermark: MONTGOLFIER
11 x 17 1/8 in. (28 x 43.5 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Les aquarelles de Cézanne, June 17–29, 1907, no. 32, as Maison au milieu d'arbres.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, X. Jahrgang, 1907/1908, I. Ausstellung, September 30–October 18, 1907, no. 28, as Haus unter Bäumen.
Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Dresden, Germany, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, April–May 1908, no. 23, as Haus zwischen Bäumen.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Französische Klassiker des 19. Jahrhunderts, May 2–30, 1915, no. 73, as Maison et arbres (tentative identification).
Arden Gallery, New York, The Evolution of French Art from Ingres and Delacroix to the Latest Manifestations, April–May 1919, no. 103 or 104?
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters, April 17–May 9, 1920, no. 52.
Museum of the French Institute, New York, Cezanne, Redon and Others,, March 16–April 3, 1921, no. 13?
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 17, ill. 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. 16, ill., as House among Trees.
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November 10–December 10, 1934, no. 49, (dated c. 1895–90), lent by Museum of Modern Art, NY.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cubism and Abstract Art, March 2–April 19, 1936, no. 36, as House among Trees, dated 1895–1900.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Classic and Romantic Traditions in Abstract Painting, 1939–40. Traveled to: ?, Pittsburgh, 1930–40; ?, Wilmington, Delaware, 1939–40; ?, Springfield, Illinois, 1939–40; ?, New Orleans, 1939–40; ?, Des Moines, Iowa, 1939–40; ?, Durham, North Carolina, 1939–40.
Skidmore College, New York, French Paintings, 1942.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, XXVth Anniversary Exhibition, 1954–55.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 29, pl. XXVII, as Arbres et maisons, 1890-94, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Lillie P. Blis Collection.
City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, From Cézanne through Picasso: 100 Drawings from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 7–October 17, 1971, no. 10, ill., as House among Trees, c. 1900.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, From Cézanne through Picasso: 100 Drawings from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 1–June 20, 1971, no. 10, ill. in b/w and color pl, as House among Trees, c. 1900. Traveled to: Ishibashi Museum, Kurume, Japan, July 1–August 1, 1971; City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, September 7–October 17, 1971; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, November 11, 1971–January 2, 1972; Blaxland Galleries, Sydney, January 17–February 5, 1972; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, February 18–March 26, 1972; Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, April 15–June 4, 1972.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, European Drawings from the Collection, June 27–October 10, 1972, n.n.
Museum of Modern Art (International Council), New York, 100 European Drawings from the Museum of Modern art, New York, 1973–74, n.n. Traveled to: Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, the Netherlands, April 15–July 2, 1973; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, September 21–November 4, 1973; Rotonda di via Besana, Milan, November 30, 1973–January 6, 1974; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, February 15–March 24, 1974.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 90, ill., pl. 90, as House among Trees, c. 1900, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 69, ill. in b/w, as Arbres et maisons, c. 1900, lent by The Museum of Modern Art,New York.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 66, ill., as Häuser inmitten von Bäumen (Maisons au milieu des arbres), c.1900, lent by The Museum of Modern Art; Lillie P. Bliss Collection (Inv.-No. 15.34). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, A Century of Modern Drawing: 1881-1981, 1982–83. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982–83.
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Cézanne and the Russian Avant-Garde, August 9–September 24, 1998, no. 43, ill. Traveled to: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 15–November 18, 1998 (exhibition catalogue in Russian; text by Albert Kostenevich).
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, Cézanne and American Modernism, September 13, 2009–January 3, 2010, no. 20, ill., p. 162, shown in Montclair only. Traveled to: The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, February 14–May 23, 2010; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, June 26–September 26, 2010.
Published References
Wright, Willard Huntington. "Paul Cézanne." International Studio 57, no. 228 (February 1916), p. cxxx.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 212, listed, as Maison et Arbres.
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 16.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 977, ill. vol. II, as Arbres et maisons.
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, no. 96, as House among Trees.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Watercolor in Cézanne's Artist Process." Art International 7 (May 25, 1963), p. 25, ill.
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929–1967. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, pp. 531, 651, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 509, ill.
Vuillemin, Madeleine. "Versuche über Cézannes späte Aquarelle." University of Zurich, 1989, pl. II.
Record last updated February 22, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Arbres et maisons, c.1900 (FWN 1426)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1491 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
