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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 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
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Christie's, London, June 24, 2004, no. 321, ill.
Private collection, London
Exhibition History
2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 11, ill., as The railway cutting.Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 168, pl. 55.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1205, ill. vol. II, as La Tranchée.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 63.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, ill. p. 94.Chappuis 1973
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 1978a
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne. Zeichnungen. Cologne: DuMont, 1978. Exhibition catalogue, p. 42, ill., as Der Bahndurchstich.Machotka 2008
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, Ireson and Patry 2021
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
Record 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&sketchbook=3017 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
