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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 313
Sous-bois
1897–98
Alternate title: L'Orée du Bois
Rewald (820): 1897–98; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (422): 1882–85
Oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 18 1/8 in. (54.5 x 46 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris and New York
Lee A. Ault, New Canaan, Connecticut
Fine Arts Associates (Otto Gerson), New York
Leo M. Rogers, New York;
Rogers Collection, Christie's, London, June 27, 1972, no. 111, ill.; bought in(?)
Marlborough Galleries, London
Private collection, London
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Private collection
Sotheby's, London, June 23, 2003, no. 13, ill.; bought in
Collection Hasso Plattner
Exhibition History
1938 Montreal
W. Scott & Sons, Montreal, Paintings by French Masters: Delacroix to Dufy, October–November 1938, no. 1.1940e New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paintings and Watercolors by Cézanne, April 1–26, 1940, no. 5, as L'Orée du Bois.1941 Houston
McMillen Galleriy, Houston, Vincent Van Gogh and Other Famous Painters, May 1941, no. 1.1942a New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, A Selection of 19th Century French Painters, February 24–March 21, 1942, no. 3.1947 Cincinnati
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5–March 9, 1947, no. 3, ill. lent by Lee Ault.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. 57, lent by Leo Rogers.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 59, lent by Juviler.1973 London
Marlborough Galleries, London, Selected European Masters of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Summer 1973, no. 15.1979–80 London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European Painting, November 17, 1979–March 16, 1980, no. 45, ill., (dated c. 1897), as Sous-bois, lent by Marlborough Fine Art, London. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 25–September 1, 1980.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 422, ill. vol. II, as Sous-bois.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. 820, ill. vol. 2, as Sous-bois.Record last updated September 13, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sous-bois, 1897–98 (FWN 313)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=796 (accessed on May 8, 2024).
