Catalogue entry

FWN 236

Le grand pin

1887–89

Alternate titles: Die grosse Fichte; Die grosse Kiefer; Eiche im Sturm; Grande pino; Paysage; The Great Pine; The large pine

Rewald (601): 1887–89; Venturi revised: c.1887; Cézanne fils: 1887; Venturi (669): 1892–96; Vollard: 1887; Cooper: c.1889 (Edinburgh) and 1888–89 (Burlington); Gowing: possibly 1889

Oil on canvas

33 11/16 x 36 7/16 in. (85.5 x 92.5 cm)

Vollard archives: photo no. 271 and [195], Annotated: [271] ; by Cezanne's son: Mon [t]briand 93

Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP.00089)

Keywords

Landscape
Natural motifs:
- pine tree / pin »
- tree(s) / arbre(s) »
Technique and Condition:
- added strip(s) of canvas »

Provenance

(Joachim Gasquet, Aix-en-Provence?)

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Gustave Fayet, Paris and Béziers, (1901)

Galerie E. Druet, Paris (1910)

Franz von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Berlin

P.H. Kempner, New York

Pinakos, Inc. (Rudolf Heinemann), New York, and Knoedler Galleries, New York (Oct. 1950)

Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (Jan. 19, 1951)

Exhibition History

1895 Paris

Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895.

1910–11 London

Grafton Galleries, London, Manet and the Post-Impressionists, November 8, 1910–January 15, 1911, no. 20, as Le grand pin, lent by Galeries Druet.

1911b Berlin

Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XIII. Jahrgang, Winter 1910/1911, VIII. Ausstellung, March 1911, no. 1, as Die grosse Kiefer.

1921 Berlin

Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 18, as Die grosse Fichte, lent by Mendelssohn.

1938b Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 32, ill., as Le grand pin, lent by Frau Mendelssohn, Berlin.

1952 Chicago and traveling

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 100, ill. lent by São Paulo. 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. 45, pl. IX, as Le grand pin, c. 1889, lent by Museum of Art, São Paulo. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.

1986 Tokyo and traveling

Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 27, ill. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.

1987–88 Verona and traveling

Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy, Da Manet a Toulouse-Lautrec, July 4–September 27, 1987, no number, ill., pp. 131–34. Traveled to: Serrone della Villa Reale, Monza, Italy, October 7–December 6, 1987; Villa Croce, Genova, Italy, December 17, 1987–February 21, 1988.

1990 Edinburgh

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 59, ill.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 153, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.

1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling

Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 30, ill., as Le grand pin. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.

2003–04 Treviso

Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, L'Oro e l'azzurro: I colori del Sud da Cézanne a Bonnard, October 10, 2003–March 7, 2004, no. 39, ill., as Grande pino, 1890-1896.

2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 65, ill., (dated c. 1889). Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.

2015 Sao Paulo

Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, Sao Paulo, Arte da França: de Delacroix a Cézanne, July 17–November 8, 2015.

2021–22 Budapest

Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction, October 28, 2021–February 13, 2022, no. 12, ill.

Published References

Braun 1911

Braun, Felix. "Salon Cassirer." National-Zeitung (Berlin), March 4,1911, No. 54, as Die grosse Kiefer.

Burger 1913

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1913, pl. 81, as Eiche im Sturm.

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 23, as Le grand pin.

Burger 1919

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1919, p. 86.

Burger 1920

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1920, pl. 86.

Vauvrecy and Cezanne 1920

Vauvrecy; Paul Cézanne. "Vie de Cézanne'';''Lettres de Cézanne." L'Esprit nouveau: revue internationale d'esthétique, no. 2 (1920), ill. p. 138.

Zeisho 1921

Zeisho, Atzouji. Paul Cézanne. Tokyo: Rakuyodo, Taisho, 1921, fig. 24.

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. 204.

Burger 1923

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1923, pl. 85.

Klingsor 1923

Klingsor, Tristan L. Cézanne. Paris: Rieder, 1923, pl. 36.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 215, listed.

Faure 1923a

Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 41, as Le grand pin.

Arishima 1925

Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 58.

Gasquet 1928

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne: 24 phototypies. Paris: Librairie de France, [1928], [pl. 18], as Paysage.

Gasquet 1930b

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill.

Iavorskaia 1935a

Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 46.

Faure 1936

Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 17.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 669, ill. vol. II, as Le grand pin.

Cogniat 1939a

Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 81.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 137, listed pp. 168-169.

Nicolson 1951

Nicolson, Bendict. "Post-Impressionism and Roger Fry." The Burlington Magazine 93, no. 574 (January 1951), p. 13, note 16.

Schapiro 1952a

Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 108–09, ill.

Art et Style 1954

Bardi, P.M. and Hélène Adhémar. Art et Style. 30, L'art français au Musée d'art de Sao-Paulo. Paris, 1st trimester 1954, ill. in color (n.p.), as Le grand pin, 1892-96.

Raynal 1954

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 102, ill.

Bardi 1956

Bardi, Pietro Maria. The Arts in Brazil. Milan: Edizioni del Milione, 1956, no. 56, ill.

Rewald 1958

Rewald, John. Cézanne: Paysages. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1958, pl. 15.

Rewald 1959a

Rewald, John. Cézanne, Geffroy et Gasquet, suivi de Souvenirs sur Cézanne de Louis Aurenche et de lettres inédites. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1959, fig. 13.

Uchida 1960

Uchida, Sono. Cézanne. Tokyo: Misuzu-Shobo, 1960, p. 61, ill.

Perruchot 1961

Perruchot, Henri. Dix Grands Peintres. Paris: Gauthier-Languereau, 1961, p. 140.

Taillandier 1961

Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 82.

Beucken 1962

Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 102, ill.

Leonhard 1966

Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 87, ill.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 35 (with comments).

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 134.

Wadley 1975

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 67.

Krumrine 1980

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts Magazine 54, no. 9 (May 1980), p. 117.

Barskaya 1983a

Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 142.

Pickvance and Takumi 1986

Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 61, pl. 27.

Kendall 1988

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 214, ill.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 184, ill. in color.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 144, fig. 124.

Lartigue 1995

Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 25, ill.

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. 601, ill. vol. 2 and p. 53, ill. col. vol. 1, as Le grand pin.

Smith 1996

Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 53, fig. 42, as The Great Pine.

Nagai 2003

Nagaï, Takanori. "Cézanne and Time." 2001.

Feilchenfeldt 2005e

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Gemälde: Formate und Themen, Echtheitsfragen." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 236, ill.

Riley 2006

Riley, Bridget. "Cézanne in Provence." The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), pp. 626-27, fig. 52, as The large pine, c. 1889.

Bacou 2008

Bacou, Roseline. "Gustave Fayet Collectionneur." Cahiers de l'Association française pour la protection des archives privées II (2008), p. 236, as Le grand pin.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 230; vol. 2, p. 157, as Le grand pin.

Robins 2010

Robins, Anna Gruetzner. "'Manet and the Post-Impressionists': a checklist of the exhibition." The Burlington Magazine 152, no. 1293 (December 2010), p. 785.

Coutagne 2013a

Coutagne, Denis. "Courbet/Cézanne, La vérité en peinture." In Courbet/Cézanne, La vérité en peinture. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 36, fig. 10.

Guibourgé et al 2015

Guibourgé, Stéphane, Alexandre d'Andoque, and Magali Rougeot. Gustave Fayet, L'oeil souverain. Paris: Editions du regard, 2015, pp. 204, 115, ill., 207n58.

Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2016a

Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektionen von Paul Cézanne, Ferdinand Hodler, Leopold Kalckreuth […]: März 1911." In Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1910-1912 vol. 5, "Verheissung und Erfüllung zugleich". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2016, p. 263, ill.

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Record last updated March 24, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le grand pin, 1887–89 (FWN 236)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=584 (accessed on April 18, 2024).