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 3011-39a
Arbres dénudés
1885–90
Alternate titles: Arbres dépoullés; Bare trees; Baumstudie; Kahle Bäume
Venturi (1357); Chappuis (922): c.1887
Graphite on wove paper, p. 39 from the BS I sketchbook
5 3/16 x 8 3/16 in. (13.1 x 20.8 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 30, pl. 79, as Kahle Bäume, 1885-90, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 95, ill. p. 191, as Baumstudie, c. 1887, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 72, ill., p. 79.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 146, fig. 20 p. 32.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 26, ill. p. 316, as Arbres dépoullés, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 172, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1357, ill. vol. II, as "Page XXXI".
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 117, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 922, ill., as Bare trees.
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 55, ill.
Gowing, Lawrence. Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 20 p. 32, listed p. 146, exhibited.
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. L’exemple de Cézanne; Cézanne le précurseur. Lugano: Pagine d’Arte, 2016, listed p. [48], ill. p. [51].
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Basel I, 1879–1900 (3011)
Sketchbook Basel I, 1879–1900 (3011)
The sheets in this sketchbook have been detached from the binding. Many have been trimmed so that there are slight variations in size. The "a" side is marked with Arabic numerals at the lower right.
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facing: missing sheet (3011-38b)
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Record last updated April 4, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Arbres dénudés, 1885–90 (FWN 3011-39a), p. 39 from the BS I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2606 (accessed on March 20, 2025).
