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© White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
FWN 266
Sous-bois
1890–92
Alternate titles: La forêt: sous-bois; Sotto bosco; Sottobosco; Underwood
Rewald (699): 1890–92; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (645): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
28 11/16 x 36 3/16 in. (73 x 92 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3878, huile; terrain vert avec des grand arbres, 73 x 92 cm (150 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3343, Arbres nus dans paysage, 73 x 92 cm
Vollard archives: photo no. 304, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1885–90
White House Collection, Washington, D.C.

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Charles A. Loeser, Florence (c. 1911);
Mrs. M. Loeser Calnan, Florence (1928);
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (presented to the government of the United States in memory of Charles A. Loeser);
White House Collection, Washington, D.C.
Exhibition History
1945 Florence
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy, La Peinture française à Florence, Summer 1945, no. 126, pl. LXXXVIII, as Sous-bois, lent by Loeser.
1946 Rome
Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Tableaux français en Italie, Tableaux italiens en France, Summer 1946, no. 117, ill.
1948 Venice
Biennale Internationale d'Arte, Venice, Italy, Gli Impressionisti alla XXIV Biennale di Venezia, May 29–September 30, 1948, no. 46, ill., as Sottobosco, 1890-94, lent by Matilde Loeser-Calnan, Florence.
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. 47, ill. National Gallery, Washington D.C.
1960–61 Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, Les Sources du XXe siècle: les arts en Europe de 1884 à 1914, November 4, 1960–January 23, 1961, no. 83, as La forêt: sous-bois, 1892-94, lent by the US Government, Washington.
Published References
Castelfranco 1934
Castelfranco, Giorgio. La Pittura moderna. Florence: Luigi Gonnelli, 1934, pl. 24.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 645, ill. vol. II, as Sous-bois.
Argan 1946
Argan, Giulio Carlo. "Mostra di pitture francesi in Italia e italiane in Francia." Emporium 104, no. 621 (September 1946), p. 114, ill.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 107.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 172, ill.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 55, 679, fig. 30.
Kloss 1992
Kloss, William. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association, 1992, pp. 258–59, 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. 699, ill. vol. 2, as Sous-bois.
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. 269, fig. 47, as Underwood.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 241; vol. 2, p. 161, as Sous-bois.
Benedetti 2013b
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 36, fig. 13.
Record last updated June 1, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sous-bois, 1890–92 (FWN 266)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=677 (accessed on April 24, 2024).