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 1419
Arbres penchés
1896–99
Alternate titles: Arbres tordus; Knorrige Bäume; Sloping trees; Tronc d'arbres penchés
Chappuis (1181); Venturi (1499): 1895–1900
Graphite on laid paper
12 1/16 x 18 1/2 in. (30.6 x 47 cm)
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 144, as Knorrige Bäume, c. 1990, lent by Private collection, Basel.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 69, as Arbres tordus, 1895-1900, lent by Private collection, Basel.
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, De Watteau à Cézanne, July 7–September 30, 1951, no. 89, as Arbres tordus, lent by Private collection, Basel.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Master Drawings – The Woodner Collection, July 8–October 18, 1987, no. 95.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 129, Private collection, New York.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1499, ill. vol. II, as Arbres tordus.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1181, ill., as Sloping trees.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 96, no. 06, ill. p. 99, as Tronc d'arbres penchés, 1896-99.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 350; vol. 2, p. 229, as Sloping trees.
Record last updated August 9, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Arbres penchés, 1896–99 (FWN 1419)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2874 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
