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 131
Chemin à l'entrée de la forêt
c.1879
Alternate titles: Chemin en forêt; Chemin sous bois; L'Allée
Rewald (375): c.1879; Venturi revised: 1880–81; Cézanne fils: Melun 1880; Venturi (320): 1879–82
Oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 17 7/8 in. (55 x 45.5 cm)
Provenance
Private collection
Private collection, USA;
Exhibition History
Chambre syndicale de la Curiosité, 18, rue de la Ville-l'Evêque, Paris, Cent ans de peinture française: exposition au profit du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, March 15–April 20, 1922, no. 28, as L'Allée, lent by Sauphar.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne (1839-1906) for the Benefit of Fighting France, November 19–December 19, 1942, no. 3, ill. lent by Salz.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 25, ill. lent by Private collection, Switzerland.
Published References
Ardenne de Tizac, H. [Henri] d.' "Les collections Sauphar." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 12 (December 1924), p. 410, fig. 6 p. 411, as Chemin sous bois.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 320, ill. vol. II, as Chemin sous bois.
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Cézanne: Intimate Exhibition." Art News 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 14, ill.
Rewald, John. "Chocquet et Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, periode 6 (July–August 1969), p. 84, no. 28.
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. 375, ill. vol. 2, as Chemin à l'entrée de la forêt.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 66, ill., as Chemin en forêt.
Record last updated June 26, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Chemin à l'entrée de la forêt, c.1879 (FWN 131)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=371 (accessed on July 13, 2025).
