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)
FWN 303
Sous-bois
1893–94
Alternate titles: Forest; Foresta; Landscape
Rewald (815): 1893–94; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (419): 1882–85; Vollard: 1894
Oil on canvas
45 11/16 x 31 7/8 in. (116 x 81 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Summer Exhibition, June–September 1930, no. 18, as Landscape, lent by Bakwin.
Palace of Fine Arts, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Golden Gate International Exposition, May 25–September 29, 1940, no. 237, as Landscape, lent by Dr. Harry and Dr. Ruth Bakwin, New York.
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne (1839-1906) for the Benefit of Fighting France, November 19–December 19, 1942, no. 5, ill. lent by Bakwin.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paintings from New York Private Collections, July 2–September 22, 1946, no number, p. 4, listed.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Manet to Matisse: An Exhibition of 19th and 20th Century French Paintings, May 27–June 26, 1949, no. 6.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 76, ill. lent by Bakwin. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 27, ill.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 29, ill. lent by Bakwin.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 34, ill. lent by Bakwin.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 18, ill. lent by Bakwin.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 25, ill. lent by Bakwin.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Cézanne and Structure in Modern Painting, June–August 1963.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, The Bakwin Collection, October 4–November 4, 1967, no. 5, ill.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 157, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 73, ill., as Sous-bois, 1893-94, lent by Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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. 37, ill., as Foresta, c. 1894.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 106, ill., p. 213 (dated c. 1894), as Sous-bois. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 141, p. 402 (dated 1894), as Sous-bois.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 86, ill. c. 1894, Reflection: "The Bones Underneath" by Rodney McMillian, p. 157. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 419, ill. vol. II, as Sous-bois.
Frost, Rosamund. "Collectors Come Out of Privacy." Art News 45, no. 5 (July 1946), p. 15, ill.
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. 815, ill. vol. 2 and p. 59, ill. col. vol. 1, as Sous-bois.
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. 237, ill.
Shiff, Richard. "Cézanne in the Wild." The Burlington Magazine 148, no.1242 (September 2006), pp. 606-607, fig. 24 p. 607, as Forest, c. 1894.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 246; vol. 2, p. 164, as Sous-bois.
Lanchner, Carolyn. "Cézanne and Giacometti: An Odd Couple." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 402, pl. 141, as Forest, dated 1894.
Shiff, Richard. "Lucky Cézanne (Cézanne Tychique)." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 56 and 100, ill.,101, fig. 3.19 (detail), p. 402, pl. 141, as Forest, dated 1894.
Kitschen, Friederike. "Melancholie und 'décoration.' Zur Stimmung im Werk Paul Cézannes." In Stimmung. Ästhetische Kategorie und künstlerische Praxis, edited by Kerstin Thomas. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2010, p. 90, ill.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 88, pl.12.
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 9.
Record last updated May 9, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sous-bois, 1893–94 (FWN 303)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=791 (accessed on July 1, 2025).
