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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 213
Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan
1885–87
Alternate titles: Grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan; Le Jas de Bouffan; Les grands arbres; Paysage de Provence; Paysage provençal; Trees at the Jas de Bouffan
Rewald (547): 1885–87; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (475): 1885–87; Cooper: c.1885–87 (Courtauld); Gowing: c.1884 (Edinburgh),Novotny: 1885–90
Oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 31 5/16 in. (64.7 x 79.5 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3925, paysage à l'huile: grands arbres, 65 x 81 cm (150 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 464, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Jas de Bouffan
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Baron Denys Cochin, Paris (Apr. 4, 1900)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Samuel Courtauld, London (1924)
The Courtauld Gallery, London (1948)
Exhibition History
1917b Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Art français du XIXe siècle au profit de l'Association Générale des mutilés de la guerre, June 25–July 13, 1917, no. 11, as Le Jas de Bouffan, lent by Rosenberg.1922d Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Œuvres de grands maitres du dix-neuvième siècle, May 3–June 3, 1922, no. 11, as Paysage provençal, 1886, lent by Vollard.1925b London
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 16, as Les grands arbres, lent by S. Courtauld.1939a Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 20, ill., as Grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, 1887, lent by Samuel Courtauld.1939b London
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 13, ill., (dated 1887), lent by Courtauld.1948 London
Tate Gallery, London, Samuel Courtauld: Memorial Exhibition, May–June 1948, no. 11, as Trees at the Jas de Bouffan, c. 1885-87.1949–50 London
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Landscape in French Art, 1550–1900, December 10, 1949–March 5, 1950, no. 309, as Trees at the Jas de Bouffan, c. 1885-7, lent by the Home House Trustees.1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 33, as Grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, c. 1884, lent by the Home House Trustees. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.1955b Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Impressionnistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, October 1955, no. 8, pl. 40.1976a London
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, Samuel Courtauld's Collection of French 19th Century Paintings and Drawings, July–August 1976, no. 7.1984 Tokyo and traveling
Takashimaya, Tokyo, The Impressionists and the Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, January 12–February 28, 1984, no. 8. Traveled to: Takashimaya, Kyoto, Japan, March 8–April 3, 1984; Takashimaya, Osaka, Japan, April 12–May 8, 1984.1987–88 Cleveland and traveling
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Masterpieces: The Courtauld Collection, January 14–March 8, 1987, no. 23. Traveled to: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 4–June 21, 1987; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, July 11–September 27, 1987; Art Institute, Chicago, October 17, 1987–January 3, 1988; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, January 30–April 3, 1988.1994 London
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, June 17–September 25, 1994, no. 6, ill.1999–2000 London
The Courtauld Gallery, London, Art Made Modern: Roger Fry's Vision of Art, October 15, 1999–January 23, 2000, no. 28, as Trees at the Jas de Bouffan, c. 1883.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 23, ill. shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2008 London
The Courtauld Gallery, London, The Courtauld Cézannes, June 26–October 5, 2008, no. 3, ill., pp. 80–83 (dated c. 1883), as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan.2019 Paris
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, La Collection Courtauld: le parti de l'impressionnsime, February 20–June 17, 2019. (Exhibition catalogue: Serres et al 2019), no. 35, ill., as Grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, c. 1883.2021 Bergen
KODE Art Museums, Bergen, Norway, Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Courtauld at KODE Art Museums, July 16–October 10, 2021, no. 3, ill. c. 1883.Published References
Janneau 1922
Janneau, Guillaume. "Les grandes expositions: maîtres du siècle passé." La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe (Paris), vol. 5, no. 5 (May 1922), ill. p. 344, as Paysage de Provence, erroneously labeled as a Gauguin.Sitwell 1925
Sitwell, Osbert. "The Courtauld Collection." Apollo 2, no. 7 (August 1925), p. 63, ill.Dormoy 1929
Dormoy, Marie. "La Collection Courtauld." L'Amour de l'art 10, nos. 1 et 2 (January et February 1929), ill. p. 19, as Les grands arbres.Wilenski 1930
Wilenski, R.H. "La collection Courtauld." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 10 (December 1930), p. 17, as Les grands arbres.Gasquet 1930b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 108.Wilenski 1931
Wilenski, R.H. French Painting. Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1931, pl. XII.Jamot and Turner 1934
Jamot, Paul, and Percy Moore Turner. Collection de tableaux français, faite à Londres, 20 Portman Square, par Samuel et Elizabeth Courtauld. London: [privately published], 1934, no. 20.Rewald and Marschutz 1935b
Rewald, John, and Léo Marschutz. "Cézanne und der 'Jas de Bouffan.'" Forum, no. 9 (1935), p. 253, ill. (with photograph of motif).Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 475, ill. vol. II, as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 55.Bagarry 1939
Bagarry, Adrien-Pierre. "Le centenaire de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 22, no. 1 (March 1939), p. 4, ill., as Grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, 1887, Samuel Courtauld collection.Clark 1950
Clark, Kenneth. Landscape Painting. New York: Scribner, 1950, p. 126, pl. 92.Cooper 1954b
Cooper, Douglas. The Courtauld Collection. London: Athlone Press, 1954, no. 11, pl. 4.Franz 1956
Franz, H.G. "Cézanne und die Abkehr von Impressionismus." Forschungen und Fortschritte (February 1956), p. 55, fig. 4.Gowing 1956
Gowing, Lawrence. "Notes on the Development of Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 98, no. 639 (June 1956), p. 190.Uchida 1960
Uchida, Sono. Cézanne. Tokyo: Misuzu-Shobo, 1960, p. 37, ill.Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 32.Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 95, ill.Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 13, ill. in color.Bernard, B. 1986
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 250, ill.Thomas 1987
Thomas, Denis. The Age of the Impressionists. Middlesex, U.K.: Holiday House, 1987, p. 164, ill.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 141, ill.Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 23, ill. in color.Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 16, ill.Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 78, ill. in color.Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, pp. 6-7, ill.Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 87.Machotka 1996
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 57, fig. 30, with photograph of motif, p. 56, fig. 29, as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, dated c. 1883.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. 547, ill. vol. 2, as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan.Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 41.Robbins 2006b
Robbins, Anne. Cézanne in Britain. London: National Gallery, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 94, as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, listed.Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 105, fig. 33b, with black and white photo of motif, p. 104, fig. 33a, as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan.Société Paul Cezanne 2019
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 298 p. 304 (fig. 299 photograph of motif, J. Rewald, c. 1935 p. 304).Nagaï 2022a
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 6.
Tall trees at the Jas de Bouffan.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1935; © Sabine Rewald
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, 1885–87 (FWN 213)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=534 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
