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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)
Catalogue entry
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)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 1, sous bois, 103 x 89 cm (75,000 Fr)
Vollard archives: photo no. 343, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Avon 1893
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Dr. and Mrs. Harry Bakwin, New York (Sept. 26, 1928);
Private collection;
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1992)
Exhibition History
1895 Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895.1930c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Summer Exhibition, June–September 1930, no. 18, as Landscape, lent by Bakwin.1940 San Francisco
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.1942d 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.1946e New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paintings from New York Private Collections, July 2–September 22, 1946, no number, p. 4, listed.1949b Montreal
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Manet to Matisse: An Exhibition of 19th and 20th Century French Paintings, May 27–June 26, 1949, no. 6.1952 Chicago and traveling
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, 1952.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 27, 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. 29, ill. lent by Bakwin.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 46, pl. 18.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 34, ill. lent by Bakwin.1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 18, ill. lent by Bakwin.1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 25, ill. lent by Bakwin.1963b New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Cézanne and Structure in Modern Painting, June–August 1963.1967e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, The Bakwin Collection, October 4–November 4, 1967, no. 5, ill.1995–96 Paris and traveling
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, 1996.1998–99 Sydney
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.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. 37, ill., as Foresta, c. 1894.2005–06 New York and traveling
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).2009 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 141, p. 402 (dated 1894), as Sous-bois.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
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 Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 28, as Sous-bois.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 419, ill. vol. II, as Sous-bois.Frost 1946
Frost, Rosamund. "Collectors Come Out of Privacy." Art News 45, no. 5 (July 1946), p. 15, ill.Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, p. 28, pl. 27.Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 28, 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. 815, ill. vol. 2 and p. 59, ill. col. vol. 1, as Sous-bois.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. 237, ill.Shiff 2006
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 2008
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 2009
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 2009a
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 2010
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 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 88, pl.12.Nagaï 2022a
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 April 20, 2024).
