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 334
Arbres et rochers
c.1900
Alternate titles: Alberi e rocce vicino a Château Noir; Environs du Tholonet; Rocks and Trees; Trees and Rocks; Trees and Rocks Near the Château Noir
Rewald (888): c.1900; Venturi revised: 1900–1904; Venturi (792): 1900–1906
Oil on canvas
24 x 19 11/16 in. (61 x 50 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3673, huile; paysage; terrain bleuâtre, rochers rouges, arbres verts les dominant, 61 x 50 cm (75 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 402, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Tholonet 1891
Provenance
Exhibition History
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 29, as Environs du Tholonet.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Cézanne, January 5, 1937.
W. Scott & Sons, Montreal, Paintings by French Masters, February 1937.
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 26, as Environs du Tholonet, dated 1900–06.
Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, The Post-Impressionists and Their Followers, February 4–27, 1949, no. 5, (dated c. 1900), as Rocks and Trees, lent by Knoedler.
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Impressionist and Modern Masters in Dallas: Monet to Mondrian, September 3–October 22, 1989, no. 21, ill., as Trees and Rocks Near the Château Noir, lent by Private collection; dated1900–06.
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. 41, ill., as Alberi e rocce vicino a Château Noir, 1900-1906.
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 25, ill., as Trees and Rocks, dated 1900–04, catalogue notes by Sara Green. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. "Sur les dernières années de Cézanne." Minotaure, no. 9 (1936), fig. 5.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 792, ill. vol. II, as Arbres et rochers.
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. 888, ill. vol. 2, as Arbres et rochers.
Dumas, Ann. "Cézanne and his love affair with the rocks of Provence." RA Magazine (Summer 2020), ill.
Record last updated December 20, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Arbres et rochers, c.1900 (FWN 334)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=862 (accessed on February 7, 2025).