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 624
Le Ruisseau
1872–75
Alternate title: Le ruisseau
Rewald (241): 1872–75; Venturi: 1872–74; Cézanne fils: 1875
Oil on canvas
6 1/2 x 8 13/16 in. (16.5 x 22.5 cm)
Signed lower right in red: P. Cezanne
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3318, Le ruisseau. Paysage vert. Deux personnages fantomatiques, 16 x 22 cm (155 frs)
Private collection, Tokyo
Provenance
Private collection, San Francisco
Private collection, Tokyo (1974)
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, L'Eau, June 26–July 13, 1911, no. 6, ill., as Le ruisseau.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 8. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Published References
Montjoie!: organe de l'impérialisme artistique français (Paris) vol. 1, no. 9-10 (June 14–29, 1913), ill. p. 13.
Rewald, John. "Chocquet et Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, periode 6 (July–August 1969), p. 84, no. 23, fig. 37 p. 83.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 241, ill. vol. 2, as Le Ruisseau.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 221, pl. 102.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 175, ill., as Le ruisseau.
Record last updated April 5, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Ruisseau, 1872–75 (FWN 624)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=244 (accessed on July 12, 2025).
