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FWN 216
Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan en hiver
1885–86
Alternate titles: Chestnut Trees at Jas; Chestnut Trees at the Jas de Bouffan; Die Allee; Die Pappeln; Kastanienbäume in Jas de Bouffan; La ferme du Jas de Bouffan; La montagna Santa Vittoria; La Montagne entre les arbres; La Montagne Sainte-Victoire; La Montagne Ste Victoire; Le Jas de Bouffan; Les marronniers du Jas de Bouffab; Marronniers au Jas de Bouffan; Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan; Mont Ste. Victoire (Allée en Provence); Montagna Sainte Victorie; Montagne Sainte-Victoire; Paysage d'Aix
Rewald (551): 1885–86; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (476): 1885–87; Rivière: 1883; Cooper: 1885–87 (probably after Gardanne); Gowing: c.1885 (Edinburgh) and winter 1885–86 (possibly preceding Gardanne) (Burlington)
Oil on linen
28 13/16 x 36 3/8 in. (73.3 x 92.5 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Egisto Fabbri, Florence and Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York (Nov. 1928)
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, London, and New York
Frick Collection, New York
[Wildenstein Galleries,New York]
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Exhibition History
1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 22, as La Montagne entre les arbres, lent by E. Fabbri.
1920 Venice
Biennale, Venice, Italy, Mostra Individuale di Paul Cézanne, April 15–October 31, 1920, no. 20, ill., (dated 1885), as La montagna Santa Vittoria, lent by Fabbri.
1921 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 14, as La Montagne Ste Victoire, tentative identification, lent by Fabbri.
1929 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 19, ill., (dated c. 1885), as Mont Ste. Victoire (Allée en Provence), lent by Rosenberg.
1931b New York
American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, Important Paintings from the Collections of Leading New York Dealers, March 15–April 4, 1931, no. 113.
1934d Paris
Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Les etapes de l’art contemporain, II, Gauguin, ses Amis: l’école de Pont-Aven et l’académie Julien, February 26–March 25, 1934, no. 28, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
1935a London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Nineteenth Century Masterpieces, May 9–June 15, 1935, no. 7.
1950 Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, The Art of Cézanne, January 7–February 5, 1950, as Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan, lent by Minneapolis.
1950–51a Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia, Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Masterpieces of Painting, November 4, 1950–February 11, 1951, no. 85, ill., as Chestnut Trees at Jas, lent by Minneapolis.
1951d New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Wildenstein Jubilee Loan Exhibition, 1901–1951: Masterpieces from Museums and Private Collections, November 8–December 15, 1951, no. 50, ill.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 62, ill. lent by Minneapolis. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 36, pl. VIII, as Marronniers au Jas de Bouffan, c. 1885, lent by the Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 34, ill.
1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 35, ill. lent by Minneapolis Institute.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 59, pl. 28.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 42, ill. lent by Minneapolis.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 33, ill. lent by Minneapolis.
1969 Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, The Past Rediscovered: French Painting 1800–1900, July 3–September 7, 1969, no. 12, ill., as Marronniers au Jas de Bouffan.
1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 31.
1989–90 Pittsburgh and traveling
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Impressionism: Selections from Five American Museums, November 4–December 31, 1989, no. 11, ill. lent by Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Traveled to: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, January 27–March 25, 1990; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, April 21–June 17, 1990; Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, July 14–September 9, 1990; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, September 30–November 25, 1990.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 113, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 28, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2009 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 156, p. 448, as Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan en hiver.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 112, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Duret 1906
Duret, Théodore. Histoire des peintres impressionnistes: Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne, Guillaumin. Paris: H. Floury, 1906, ill. p. 177.
Piper & Co. 1912
Paul Cèzanne - Mappe. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1912, pl. 14, as Die Allee.
Burger 1913
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1913, pl. 92, as Die Pappeln.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 156.
Burger 1919
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1919, p. 97.
Henraux 1920
Henraux, Lucien. "I Cézanne della raccolta Fabbri." Dedalo vol. 1, no. 1 (1920), ill. p. 62, as Montagna Sainte Victorie, 1885.
Zeisho 1921
Zeisho, Atzouji. Paul Cézanne. Tokyo: Rakuyodo, Taisho, 1921, fig. 7.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 188.
Burger 1923
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1923, pl. 96.
Meier-Graefe 1923
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 37.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 210, listed, ill. opp. p. 146, as La ferme du Jas de Bouffan, dated 1883.
Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 46, as Paysage d'Aix.
Henraux 1924
L.[ucien] H.[enraux]. "Une grande collection de Cézanne en Italie: la collection Egisto Fabbri." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 11 (November 1924), ill. p. 341, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1885.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LVIII.
Rivière 1933
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 83, ill.
Charnage 1934
Charnage, D. de. "Chronique artistique: L'exposition Gauguin et ses amis." La Croix (Paris), March 9, 1934, p. 4, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Richard 1934
Richard, Marius. "Au profit des 'Amis de Delacroix': Gauguin et son temps." La Liberté, February 28, 1934, p. 4, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Combe 1936
Combe, Jacques. "L'influence de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), ill. p. 32, as Le Jas de Bouffan.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 32.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 476, ill. vol. II, as Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan.
Huyghe 1936d
Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 31.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 39.
Vollard 1937
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 5.
Bazin 1938
Bazin, Germain. "Cézanne et la Montagne Sainte-Victoire." L'Amour de l'art 19, no. 10 (December 1938), ill. p. 382.
Die Weltkunst 1938
"Ein Cézanne für die Frick Collection." Die Weltkunst 12, no. 16 (April 17, 1938), p. 12, ill., as Kastanienbäume in Jas de Bouffan, c. 1883-85.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 54.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 59.
Rivière 1942
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 85, ill.
Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 29, ill.
Rewald 1946
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, ill. opp. p. 378.
Cheney 1947
Cheney, Sheldon. The Story of Modern Art. New York: Viking Press, 1947, p. 219, ill.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 42, as Les marronniers du Jas de Bouffab, 1885-87.
Wildenstein 1947
Wildenstein, Felix. Book of Friendship. New York: La Maison de France, 1947, ill.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 70, listed p. 155.
Art News 1950
"Frick Anniversary and Controversy." ARTNews 48, no. 9 (January 1950), p. 19, ill.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 1950
"Institute Acquires a New Cézanne: Chestnut Trees at the Jas de Bouffan." Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 39, no. 1 (January 7,1950), pp. 2-7.
Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 72–73, ill.
Cooper 1955a
Cooper, Douglas. "Au Jas de Bouffan." L'Oeil 2 (February 15, 1955), p. 15, ill.
Gowing 1956
Gowing, Lawrence. "Notes on the Development of Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 98, no. 639 (June 1956), p. 190.
Portmann 1957
Portmann, Paul. Paul Cézanne: sechs mehrfarbige Wiedergaben und ein mehrfarbiges Umschlagbild. Zurich: Rascher, 1957, p. 19, ill. (with comments).
Hofmann 1960
Hofmann, Werner. Das irdische Paradies. Munich: Prestel, 1960, pl. 39.
Novotny 1961
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 28.
Perruchot 1961
Perruchot, Henri. Dix Grands Peintres. Paris: Gauthier-Languereau, 1961, p. 139, ill.
Rewald 1961
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 535, ill.
Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 78, ill.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 30.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 78.
Butler 1973
Butler, Marigene. "An Investigation of Pigments and Technique in the Cézanne Painting, 'Chestnut Trees.'" Bulletin of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works 13, no. 2 (1973), pp. 77–85 (condensed quotation above).
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 20 (with comments).
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 67.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 92, ill.
Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 20.
Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 94, ill.
Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 133.
Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 52, ill. b/w.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 184, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 21, ill. in color.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 25, 307.
Coutagne 1990c
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne, tradition et modernité." In Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990, p. 88, fig. 35.
Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 100, ill.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 63.
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. 82.
Machotka 1996
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 126, fig. 105, with photograph of the motif, fig. 104, as Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan en hiver.
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. 551, ill. vol. 2, as Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan en hiver.
Coutagne 1997
Coutagne, Denis. "Approche contradictoire d'un thème: Le Jas de Bouffan chez Cézanne." In Cézanne aujourd'hui. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1997, p. 82.
Tanaka 2001
Tanaka, Hidemichi. "Cézanne and 'Japonisme.'" Artibus et Historiae 22, no. 44 (2001), p. 212, fig. 17, as Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan en hiver.
Coutagne 2004
Coutagne, Denis. "The Jas de Bouffan Landscapes." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanné. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 120, ill. in color.
Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 42.
Société Paul Cézanne 2005
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 37, ill., with photo of motif (c. 1935), p. 36, as Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan en hiver.
Farber 2006
Farber, Jules B. Autour de Cézanne. Sommières: Romain Pages, 2006, p. 21, ill. in color.
Bardazzi 2007b
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 263, fig. 25, as Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan en hiver.
Sachs 2009a
Sachs, Katherine. "Cézanne and Kelly: Painting Form through Color." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 448, pl. 156, as Chestnut Trees at the Jas de Bouffan.
Coutagne 2011e
Coutagne, Denis. "Il paesaggio in Cézanne." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 51, fig. 29.
Benedetti 2013a
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Cézanne e gli artisti italiani del '900." In Cézanne e gli artisti italiani. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 20, fig. 3.
Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 113, fig. 35b, with black and white photo of motif, p. 110, fig. 35a, as Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan en hiver.
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, figs. 133, 289 pp. 146, 300 (fig. 290 photograph of motif, J. Rewald, 1935 p. 300).
Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan en hiver, 1885–86 (FWN 216). Chestnut trees of the Jas de Bouffan.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Chestnut trees of 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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Record last updated February 25, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan en hiver, 1885–86 (FWN 216)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=538 (accessed on March 29, 2024).