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Catalogue entry

FWN 381
Rochers
c.1867–70
Alternate title: Rocks
Oil on canvas
21 7/16 x 25 3/4 in. (54.4 x 65.3 cm)

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Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland;
Schuler (auction house), Zurich, September 13, 1996, no. 3585; bought in
Schuler (auction house), Zurich, March 21, 1997, no. 4396A
Private collection, Zurich
Sotheby's, London, Feb. 4, 2016, no. 408, ill.
François-Marc Durand, Paris
Exhibition History
2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 16, ill. lent by François-Marc Durand.
2020 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 26, ill. lent by François-Marc Durand Collection.
Published References
Elderfield 2020a
Elderfield, John. "Excavations." In Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Exhibition catalogue, p. 7, fig. 6, as Rocks, dated 1867–68.
Notes

This canvas is directly related to an early watercolor by Cézanne, Rochers. Both the painting and the watercolor reveal the influence Gustave Courbet.

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Record last updated January 24, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Rochers, c.1867–70 (FWN 381)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1636 (accessed on April 25, 2024).