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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 130
L'Allée
c.1879
Alternate titles: Allée d'arbres; Allée in Chantilly; Allén till Zolas landställe; Allén till Zolas landställe i Médon; Allén till Zolas lanthus; Avenue; Avenue of trees; Il Viale; L'allée de la maison d'Émile Zola, Médan; La Maison de Rodin à Meudon; The Allée
Rewald (409): c.1879
Oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 23 13/16 in. (73.5 x 60.5 cm)
Provenance
Julien-François (Père) Tanguy, Paris
Paul Gauguin, Paris and Copenhagen (Summer 1883)
Konrad Levysohn, Copenhagen;
Fru Ellen Heyman, Copenhagen
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm
Gustaf Werner, Uppsalla (?);
Göteborgs Konstmuseum (1931)
Exhibition History
1889 Copenhagen
Kunstforeningen (Copenhagen Art Society), Copenhagen, Denmark, Nordiske og Franske Impressionister [Scandinavian and French Impressionists], October 30–November 11, 1889, lent by Gauguin.1911 Copenhagen
Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Franske Impressionister i dansk Eje [French Impressionists in Danish Collections], April 9–May 7, 1911.1929 Stockholm
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Fransk konst: Bonnard, Cézanne, Corot, […], December 1929, no. 2, as Allén till Zolas landställe.1943 Stockholm
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet:25 år: Jubileumsutställning, November 1943, no. 3, ill., as Allén till Zolas lanthus, lent by Göteborgs Konstmuseum.1954 Stockholm
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Cézanne till Picasso, fransk konst i svensk ägo, September 1954, no. 68, ill. on cover, as L'allée de la maison d'Émile Zola, Médan, 1885-86, lent by Göteborgs Konstmuseum.1963 Rotterdam
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Franse landschappen van Cézanne tot heden [Le paysage français à nos jours], October 4–November 17, 1963, no. 23, pl. 1, as Allée d'arbres, c. 1880-82, lent by Göteborgs Konstmuseum.1966 Humlebæk
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Humlebæk, Denmark, Göteborgs Konstmuseum: besøger Louisiana, March 26–May 2, 1966, no. 4.2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 82, ill., as L'Allée. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).2002 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 126, ill., as Il Viale, lent by Göteborgs Konstmuseum.2002–03 Stockholm and traveling
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Impressionism and the North: Late 19th Century French Avant-Garde Art and the Art in the Nordic Countries 1870–1920, September 25, 2002–January 19, 2003, no. 23, ill., p. 139, as Avenue. Traveled to: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, February 21–May 25, 2003.2008 Humlebæk
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 12, ill. p. 55, as L'Allée, lent by Göteborgs konstmuseum.2012 Aarhus
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark, Modernism: Reinventing Painting, 1908–41, March 30–August 26, 2012, no. 3, ill., p. 152, fig. 3.2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 7, ill.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 18, ill. c. 1880–82, shown in London only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Gauguin 1883
Gauguin, Paul. "Letter to Camille Pissarro, n.d. [probably written between 25 and 29 July 1883 in Paris]." In Correspondance de Paul Gauguin: documents témoignages, 1 [1873-1888], Victor Merlhès, ed. Paris: Fondation Singer-Polignac, 1984, pp. 50-51, as ... une allée ébouchée ...Gauguin 1885
Gauguin, Paul. "Letter to his wife, n.d. [probably written in the first fortnight of December 1885 in Paris]." In Correspondance de Paul Gauguin: documents témoignages, 1 [1873-1888], Victor Merlhès, ed. Paris: Fondation Singer-Polignac, 1984, p. 118.Gauguin 1888a
Gauguin, Paul. Sketchbook, known as Album Briand. , p. 5 (as size 20), as Allée d'arbres, list datable to c. Jan. 1888.Madsen 1889
Madsen, Karl. "Kunst. Impressionisterne i Kunstforeningen, II." Politiken, November 10, 1889.Giersing 1911
Giersing, Harald. "Franske Impressionisters Arbejder i dansk Eje (French Impressionists in Danish collections)." Det nye Kunstblad no 10 (April 1911), pp. 253–55.Hoppe 1930
Hoppe, Ragnar. "Moderna franska mästare i Stockholm." Konstrevy (Stockholm) VI, no. 1 (1930), ill. p. 14, as Allén till Zolas landställe.Madsen 1931
Madsen, Karl. "Paul Gauguins malerisamling." Konstrevy (Stockholm) VII (1931), p. 163, ill., as Allén till Zolas landställe i Médon.Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, ill. p. 160 (as an example of a forgery).Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 217.Ryndel 1961
Ryndel, Nils. Franskt Maleri i Göteborgs Konstmuseum. Göteborg: Rundqvists Boktryckeri, 1961, p. 71 (with English summary, p. 63), p. 29, ill.Bodelsen 1962
Bodelsen, Merete. "Gauguin's Cézannes." The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962), p. 208, fig. 43.Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pl. 49, as Allée in Chantilly.Bodelsen 1968a
Bodelsen, Merete. Gauguin og Impressionisterne. Copenhagen: Kunstforeningen, 1968, pp. 79-92, ill. p. 81.Bodelsen 1968b
Bodelsen, Merete. "Early Impressionist Sales 1874–94 in the light of some unpublished 'procès-verbaux.'" The Burlington Magazine 110, no. 783 (June 1968), p. 335.Bodelsen 1970b
Bodelsen, Merete. "Gauguin, the Collector." The Burlington Magazine 112, no. 810 (September 1970), p. 594 and p. 606, Catalogue no. 8, as Allée d'arbres.Rewald 1996
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. 409, ill. vol. 2, as L'Allée.Shiff 2006
Shiff, Richard. "Cézanne in the Wild." The Burlington Magazine 148, no.1242 (September 2006), pp. 609-610 fig. 28 p. 610, as Avenue of trees.Benedetti 2013b
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 71, fig. 93.Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 166, fig. 1, as The Allée.Nagaï 2021b
Nagaï, Takanori. "Cezanne chez Gauguin." Aesthetics, nos. 23-24 (2021), p. 36, fig. 17.Notes
Many scholars have rejected this painting as an authentic work by Cezanne, but it has been shown that Gauguin bought it directly from Tanguy in summer 1883 along with Montagnes en Provence, c.1879 (124). Both paintings were relined shortly thereafter.
Record last updated March 16, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Allée, c.1879 (FWN 130)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=403 (accessed on April 20, 2024).
