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 3017-x1a
La Tranchée
1867–68
Alternate titles: Der Bahndurchstich; The Railroad Cut; The railway cutting
Venturi (1205): 1867–70; Chappuis (120): c.1870
Graphite and ink on paper, page from the BSB sketchbook
6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (17.2 x 24.1 cm)
Private collection, London
Provenance
Private collection, London
Exhibition History
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 11, ill., as The railway cutting.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1205, ill. vol. II, as La Tranchée.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 63.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 120, ill., as The railway cutting.
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne. Zeichnungen. Cologne: DuMont, 1978. Exhibition catalogue, p. 42, ill., as Der Bahndurchstich.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 47; vol. 2, p. 52, as The railway cutting.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 62, fig. 1, as The Railroad Cut.
Related
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook 18 x 24, 1861–80 (3017)
Sketchbook 18 x 24, 1861–80 (3017)
The sheets have been widely dispersed. Because there is no pagination, the FWN numbers have been assigned an arbitrary sequence and the pages listed individually.
Browse complete sketchbookRecord last updated April 27, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Tranchée, 1867–68 (FWN 3017-x1a), page from the BSB sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1768 (accessed on May 24, 2025).
