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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 1453
Arbre tordu et citerne dans le parc de Château Noir
1900–02
Alternate titles: L'arbre tordu; Landscape; Le parc au Château Noir; Parc du Château Noir; Zisterne im Park des Château Noir (Citerne dans le parc de Château Noir)
Rewald (W532); Venturi revised: 1900–06; Venturi (1038): 1900–06
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
17 11/16 x 11 3/4 in. (45 x 29.8 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris;
Geneviève, Comtesse de la Chapelle (née Bernheim de Villers), Paris
Knoedler Galleries, Paris and New York (1937)
Sam Salz, New York (August 1940)
Erich Maria Remarque, Porto Ronco (August 1940)
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1968)
Paul Rosenberg, New York (1968)
Norton Simon, Los Angeles;
Parke-Bernet, New York, May 5, 1971, no. 28, ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, New York (1971);
The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, New York (after 1974)
Exhibition History
1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 52, as L'arbre tordu, tentative idenfication.1939–40 Columbus
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Watercolors by Paul Cézanne, December 19, 1939–January 8, 1940, no. 8, as Landscape.1942–43 Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The E.M. Remarque Collection, November 23, 1942–July 26, 1943, no number listed.1943a New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Remarque Collection, October 18–November 13, 1943, no. 34, as Parc du Château Noir.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 86, 1900-06, lent by E. M. Remarque, Ascona.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 137.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 108, 1900/06, lent by E. M. Remarque, Ascona.1964 Lausanne
Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections suisses: de Manet à Picasso, May 1–October 25, 1964, no. 104, ill., as Le parc au Château Noir, 1900-1905, lent by M. Erich-Maria Remarque, Porto-Ronco.1971a New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Summer Loan 1971: Paintings from New York Collections: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman and the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, July 13–September 7, 1971, no. 20.1972 Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Cézanne Watercolors from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, April 14–September 30, 1972, no number listed.1973 New York
Paul Rosenberg & Co, New York, Sixteen watercolors by Cezanne on loan from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, October 16–November 16, 1973, no. 13, ill.1974 Brooklyn and traveling
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, Paintings, Watercolors, Sculptures and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, May 22–September 29, 1974, no. 43, ill. Traveled to: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, December 8, 1974–March 14, 1975; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, April 13–August 31, 1975; Francine and Sterling Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, September 26, 1975–February 22, 1976; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, April 6–May 30, 1976.1981 Princeton
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, Cézanne Watercolors from the Pearlman Collection, April 21–June 24, 1981, no number listed.1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 78, ill., as Zisterne im Park des Château Noir (Citerne dans le parc de Château Noir), 1900-04, lent by Mrs. Henry Pearlman, New York. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.1984 Princeton
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation and the Collection of Mrs. Rose Pearlman, September 22–November 4, 1984, no number listed.2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 140, ill., as Arbre tordu et citerne dans le parc de Château Noir, 1900-02, lent by The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).2002–03 Princeton
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne in focus : watercolors from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection, October 19, 2002–January 12, 2003. (Exhibition catalogue: Simms 2002), no. 9, ill.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 107, ill. lent by Pearlman Foundation; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2014–16 Oxford and traveling
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection, March 13–June 22, 2014, no. 16, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, July 11–October 5, 2014; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, October 25, 2014–January 11, 2015; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, February 7–May 18, 2015; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, September 12, 2015–January 3, 2016.2018 Princeton
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Landscapes Behind Cézanne, February 24–May 20, 2018.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 148, Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation.Published References
Album Quatre Chemins 1936a
Album Quatre Chemins. Cézanne – Cinq aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris and New York: Quatre chemins and Raymond & Raymond, n.d. [1936], pl. 3.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1038, ill. vol. II, as Parc du Château Noir.Badt 1956
Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, pp. 26-27, 34, fig. 4.Badt 1965
Badt, Kurt. The Art of Cézanne. Translated by Sheila Ann Ogilvie. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1965, pp. 39 and 48, pl. 4.Keers 1965
Keers, Frits. "Lausanne 1964." Journaal van de nederlandse Musea voor moderne Kunst 10, no. 4 (1965), p. 97, ill.Portfolio of Watercolors 1965
[Portfolio of] Watercolors by Cézanne from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman. Utica, 1965.Badt 1971
Badt, Kurt. Das Spätwerk Cézannes. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag, 1971, p. 41, ill.Portfolio of Watercolors 1972
[Portfolio of] Watercolors by Cézanne from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman. Utica: Munson-William-Proctor Institute, 1972.Rubin 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 94.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 532, ill.Erpel 1988
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1988, no. 37.Vuillemin 1989
Vuillemin, Madeleine. "Versuche über Cézannes späte Aquarelle." University of Zurich, 1989, pl. IV.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 349; vol. 2, p. 228, as Arbre tordu et citerne dans le parc de Château Noir.Schneider and Jaehner 2013
Schneider, Thomas F. and Inge Jaehner, eds. Remarques Impressionisten: Kunstsammeln und Kunsthandel im Exil / Remarque's Impressionists: Art Collecting and Art Dealing in Exile. Göttingen and Bristol: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013, pp. 268-270, no. 34, ill.Simms 2014b
Simms, Matthew. "Painting on Drawing and Cézanne's Watercolors." In Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 153 and 156, fig. 97 (cat. 16).
The millstone in the park of Château Noir.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, c. 1935; © Sabine Rewald
Record last updated January 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Arbre tordu et citerne dans le parc de Château Noir, 1900–02 (FWN 1453)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1514 (accessed on April 18, 2024).
