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FWN 1980
Etude de feuillage
1900–04
Alternate titles: Estudio de follaje; Feuillage; Foliage; Laubstudie; Studie van bladeren; Study of Foliage; Verdura; Verdure; Verdures
Rewald (W551); Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (1128): 1895–1900
Watercolor and graphite on paper
17 5/8 x 22 3/8 in. (44.8 x 56.8 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Estate of Paul Cézanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Montross Gallery, New York (1916)
Lillie P. Bliss, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art,, New York (1934)
Exhibition History
1907d Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Les aquarelles de Cézanne, June 17–29, 1907, no. 44, as Etude de feuillage.
1907 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, X. Jahrgang, 1907/1908, I. Ausstellung, September 30–October 18, 1907, no. 40, as Laubstudie.
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. 3, as Verdures.
1911 New York
Photo-Succession Gallery [Alfred Stieglitz], New York, Watercolors by Cezanne, March 1–25, 1911, no. 11.
1913 London
Grafton Galleries, London, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition - Re-arrangement, January 4–31, 1913, no. 13, as Verdure, lent by Bernheim-Jeune et Cie.
1914 Rome
Secessione, II. Internationale, Rome, Seconda esposizione internationale d'arte della 'Secessione", February–June 1914, no. 26, pl. LXXI, as Verdura, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
1916b New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 35, as Verdure.
1926 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926.
1931–32 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 21. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.
1934c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 21a, ill., as Study of Foliage.
1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 50, (dated 1903–06), lent by Museum f Modern Art, NY.
1935 Pittsburgh
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 21.
1935 Chicago
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 21–June 11, 1935, no. 21, as Foliage.
1936e New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cubism and Abstract Art, March 2–April 19, 1936, no. 40, as Foliage, dated c. 1903–06.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 125, ill., as Study of Foliage, 1895-1900, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1952–53 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Les Fauves, October 7, 1952–January 4, 1953, no. 2a, as Foliage, c. 1900, lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to: Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, January 21–February 22, 1953; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, March 13–April 12, 1953; Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, May 1–31, 1953.
1953 Utica
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York, Formal Organization in Modern Art, 1953, no. 1, ill.
1954–55 New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, XXVth Anniversary Exhibition, 1954–55.
1958–59 Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, De Clouet a Matisse: dessins français des collection américaines, 1958–59, no. 154, pl. 171, as Etude de feuillage, c. 1895-1905, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1958–59 Rotterdam and traveling
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Van Clouet tot Matisse: tentoonstelling van franse tekeningen uit amerikaanse collecties, July 31–September 28, 1958, no. 154, pl.158, as Studie van bladeren. Traveled to: Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, October 1958–January 1959; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 3–March 15, 1959.
1959h New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, February 3–March 15, 1959, no. 154, pl. 158, as Foliage.
1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 42, pl. XLI, as Etude de feuillage, 1895-1900, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Lillie P. Bliss Collection.
1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 49, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
1971c New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Ways of Looking, 1971.
1972c New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, European Drawings from the Collection, June 27–October 10, 1972, n.n.
1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 90, ill. in b/w, as Study of Foliage, lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
1974a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France: selections from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, June 13–September 8, 1974, no. 20, ill. p. 21, as Foliage, 1895-1900.
1977–78 New York and traveling
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. 69, ill., pl. 168, as Foliage, 1895-1900, 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).
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 29, ill. in color, as Etude de feuillage, 1900-04, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1982–83 New York and traveling
Museum of Modern Art, New York, A Century of Modern Drawing 1881-1981, 1982–83.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 195, ill. in color, p. 458, as Etude de feuillage, 1900-1904, lent by The Musuem of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
1998 St. Petersburg and traveling
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Cézanne and the Russian Avant-Garde, August 9–September 24, 1998, no. 46, ill. Traveled to: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 15–November 18, 1998 (exhibition catalogue in Russian; text by Albert Kostenevich).
1999–2000 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, MoMA 2000, ModernStarts, Places: Landscape - The Modernist Vision 1880-1920, October 28, 1999–March 14, 2000, no. no.
2001 Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and his New York Galleries, January 28–April 22, 2001, pl. 16, as Foliage, Museum of Modern Art, NY.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 150. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2011–12b New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gifted: Collector and Drawings at MoMA, 1929-1983, October 19, 2011–February 12, 2012, no. no.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 142, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Published References
Wright 1916b
Wright, Willard Huntington. "Paul Cézanne." International Studio 57, no. 228 (February 1916), p. cxxx.
Barr 1934
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Cubism and Abstract Art. New York, 1934, no. 40.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1128, ill. vol. II, as Etude de feuillage.
Barr 1942
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 30, no. 103a, as Foliage.
Reff 1963a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne: The Logical Mystery." Art News 62, no. 2 (April 1963), p. 19, ill.
Coplans 1967
Coplans, John. "Cézanne watercolors." In Cézanne watercolors. Los Angeles: The Ward Richie Press, 1967, p. 13, ill.
Barr 1977
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929–1967. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, pp. 530, 651, ill.
Monnier 1977
Monnier, G. "The Late Watercolors." In Cézanne: The Late Work, Rubin, William, ed. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 117, ill.
Ponente 1980
Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, no. 31, ill.
Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 49.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 551, ill.
Bourges 1984
Bourges, Marianne R. Le jardin de Cézanne: l'époque des Lauves. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 1984, ill. in color p. 31, as Feuillage.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 195, ill.
Terrasse 1995
Terrasse, Antoine. Les aquarelles de Cézanne. Paris: Flammarion, 1995, p. 98-9, ill.
Berger 2000
Berger, John. "¿Cómo aparecen las cosas? O carta abierta a Marisa." translated by Pilar Vázquez. Arte y Parte: revista de arte (Madrid) 26 (April-May 2000), ill. p. 45, as Estudio de follaje.
Armstrong 2004
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, p. 70, fig. 30, as Foliage, c. 1895-1900.
Lanchner 2011
Lanchner, Carolyn. 10 Works by Paul Cézanne in the Museum of Modern Art Collection. MoMA Artists Series. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2011, pp. 24–25, 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. 509, ill.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 287, fig. 204, dated 1895–1900.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 285, ill., as Verdure.
Record last updated December 20, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude de feuillage, 1900–04 (FWN 1980)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1533 (accessed on March 28, 2024).