The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
FWN 310
Eau courante en sous-bois
1895–1900
Alternate title: Le petit bras de la Marne à l'Ile Machefer, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
Rewald: (766) 1895–1900; Venturi revised: 1900–1904; Cézanne fils: Marne 1887?; Venturi: (783) 1898–1900; Reff: 1898–1900
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. (60 x 81 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3442, peinture à l'huile; bords d'eau couverts de verdure et au dessus duquel des arbres s'entrecroisent, 60 x 81 cm (150 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 460, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Marne 1887?
Provenance
Private collection, Vienna
Exhibition History
Galerie Heinemann, Munich, 1928, no. 18.
Institute of Modern Art, Boston, Modern Paintings from Boston Collections, 1937.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Paintings Drawings Prints from Private Collections in New England, June 9–September 10, 1939, no. 14, pl. VI.
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 19, (dated 1898–1900), as Eau courante en sous-bois, lent by Metcalf.
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cézanne: Rarely Shown Works, November 10–29, 1952, no. 9, ill. lent by Hanna.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Leonard C. Hannah, Jr., 1958, no. 4, ill.
Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio, Highlights of the 19th Century, 1959.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 49. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 75, ill.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 14, ill. lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 783, ill. vol. II, as Eau courante en sous-bois.
Henning, Edward B. "Cleveland Museum of Art: From Turner to Guston." Apollo 78 (December 1963), p. 485.
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 70.
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. 766, ill. vol. 2, as Eau courante en sous-bois.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 311; vol. 2, p. 212, as Eau courante en sous-bois.
Coutagne, Denis, and Raymond Hurtu. "Paysages des années 1888–1905." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 140, fig. 766, as Eau courante en sous-bois.
Mothe, Alain. Ce que voyait Cézanne: Les paysages impressionnistes à la lumière des cartes postales. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011, pp. 120–21, ill., as Le petit bras de la Marne à l'Ile Machefer, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, with old postcard view of similar site.
Chédeville, François, and Raymond Hurtu. "Cezanne sur les bords de Marne." Société Cezanne, August 2021, fig. 356, 1892–94, suggested new title: Eau courante en sous-bois (Le Morbras à Créteil?)
Record last updated January 24, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jayne Warman, and David Nash. "Eau courante en sous-bois, 1895–1900 (FWN 310)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=743 (accessed on March 31, 2023).
