The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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FWN 1452
Le Parc du Château Noir avec la citerne
1900–04
Alternate titles: Grosse Waldstudie; La forêt; La Forêt. Le parc de Château Noir; Rocks and trees near the Château Noir; The Forest; The Forest - The Park at Château Noir
Rewald (W531); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (1056): 1890–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
21 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (55.3 x 42.6 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 85, as Grosse Waldstudie, c. 1900, lent by Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 104, ill., as The Forest, 1890-1900, lent by The Newark Museum. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, The Two Sides of the Medal: French painting from Gèrôme to Gauguin, September 28–October 31, 1954, extended until November 11, no. 102, as The Forest, c. 1890-1900, lent by The Newark Museum.
Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, Inaugural Exhibition, September 12–October 20, 1957, no. 65, as The Forest (size given as 23 x 19 inches).
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, Nineteenth Century Master Drawings, 1961, no. 58, ill.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 93, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 169, as Rocks and trees near the Château Noir, lent by Newark Museum, New Jersey. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
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. 98, ill., pl. 92, as The Forest - The Park at Château Noir, 1900-04, lent by The Newark Museum. 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. 71, ill. in b/w, as La Forêt. Le parc de Château Noir, 1900-04, lent by The Newark Museum.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 13, fig. 220, 1900-04, lent by the Newark Museum.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 192, ill. in color, p. 455, as Le Parc du Château Noir avec la citerne, 1900-1904, lent by The Newark Museum, shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 13, ill.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 106, ill. lent by Private collection; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 190, Kravis Collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1056, ill. vol. II, as La forêt.
Wadley, Nicholas. "Cézanne Water-colours and Drawings at the Hayward Gallery." The Burlington Magazine 115, no. 849 (December 1973), p. 832, fig. 106.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 531, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 254, fig. 180.
Record last updated March 16, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Parc du Château Noir avec la citerne, 1900–04 (FWN 1452)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1513 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
