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)
FWN 1493
Les grands arbres
1902–04
Alternate titles: Etude d'arbres; Platanes; Platanes en hiver; The Big Trees; The Large Trees; The Tall Trees
Rewald (W574); Venturi: 1895–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 1/2 x 23 in. (47 x 58.5 cm)
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland
Exhibition History
Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne Watercolours, December 1937, no. 19, as Platanes en hiver.
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paintings and Watercolors by Cézanne, April 1–26, 1940, no. 12, as Platanes.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 37, pl. XXXIV, as Etude d'arbres, 1895-98, lent by Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Pearlman, New York.
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 22, ill.
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. 100, ill., pl. 82, as The Tall Trees, 1902-04, lent by Private collection, 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. 64, ill. in b/w, as Les grands arbres, 1902-04, lent by collection Dr. and Mrs. A.W. Pearlman, New York.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 65, ill. in color, as The Big Trees, lent by Private collection, courtesy Barbara Divver Fine Art Ltd, New York.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Poussin to Cézanne: French Drawings from the Prat Collection, November 7, 2004–January 17, 2005, no. 100, ill., as The Large Trees, 1890-1900. Traveled to: Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, February 5–April 3, 2005; Museum of Art, Naples, Florida, April 17–June 12, 2005; Museum of Art, Philadelphia, June 16–September 25, 2005.
Fundación La Caixa - CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain, Pasion por el dibujo. De Poussin a Cézanne. Obras maestras de la Coleccion Prat, September 6–December 9, 2007, no. 98, ill., as Les grands arbres.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, David to Cézanne, Master Drawings from the Prat Collection, September 22–December 5, 2010, no. 99, ill.
Museo Correr, Venice, Italy, Da Poussin a Cézanne: capolavori del disegno francese dalla collezione Prat, March 18–June 3, 2017, no. 109, ill., as Les grands arbres. Traveled to: Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse, June 23–October 1, 2017.
Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Art de la Ville de Paris, Paris, La force du dessin: chefs d’œuvre de la collection Prat, June 16–October 4, 2020, no. 184, ill., as Les grands arbres.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 130, Véronique and Louis-Antoine Prat, Paris.
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, pl. 74.
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 40, no. 27, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 574, ill.
Bach, Friedrich Teja. "The Stake in the Pictorial Flesh: Disruptions in Cézanne's Oeuvre." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 76, fig. 26, as The Big Trees, Private collection.
Rosenberg, Pierre. Passion for Drawing: Poussin to Cézanne, Works from the Prat Collection. Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, pp. 292-293, no. 100, ill.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 618, no. 1476, as Les grands arbres, 1890-1900.
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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. "Les grands arbres, 1902–04 (FWN 1493)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1556 (accessed on December 11, 2024).
