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 209
Sous-bois
c.1885
Rewald (543): c.1885; Venturi revised: 1873–75; Venturi (155): 1872–73; Machotka et al: c.1884
Oil on canvas
18 5/16 x 22 3/16 in. (46.5 x 56.3 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia, Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art, opening: October 16, 1939, no. 20, as Sous-bois, 1873, For sale. Traveled to: Exhibition Gallery, David Jones', Sidney, Australia, opening: November 20, 1939.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 72, ill., as Sous-bois, c. 1885, lent by Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne e gli artisti italiani del '900, October 5, 2013–February 2, 2014, no. 11, ill. lent by Art Gallery of Ontario.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 19, ill. catalogued, but not shown. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 155, 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. 543, ill. vol. 2, as Sous-bois.
Chanin, Eileen, Steven Miller and Judith Pugh. Degenrates and perverts: the 1939 Herald exhibition of French and British contemporary art. Victoria (Australia): Miegunyah Press, 2005, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 177; vol. 2, p. 122, as Sous-bois.
Record last updated July 16, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sous-bois, c.1885 (FWN 209)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=530 (accessed on April 26, 2025).
