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 132
Sous-bois
c.1879
Rewald (376): c.1879; Venturi revised: 1880–81; Venturi (314): 1879–82; Gowing: c.1881 (Edinburgh) and fall 1881 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. (55 x 46 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3593, huile; paysage de plusieurs plans coupes par des verdures au milieu desquelles q.q. arbres dénudés, 55 x 46 cm (100 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 11, as Sous-bois, dated 1879–82, lent by J. Maynard Keynes.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 26, ill. lent by J. Maynard Keynes.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 27, as Sous-bois, c. 1881, lent by Lady Keynes. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 71, ill., as Sous-bois, c. 1879, lent by The Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 314, ill. vol. II, as Sous-bois.
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. 376, ill. vol. 2, as Sous-bois.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 157; vol. 2, p. 115, as Sous-bois.
Record last updated October 20, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sous-bois, c.1879 (FWN 132)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=372 (accessed on February 16, 2025).