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 324
Intérieur de forêt
1898–99
Alternate titles: Forest Interior; Im Wald; In the Woods; Les rochers; Rochers dans le parc du Château Noir; Sous-bois; Waldlandschaft
Rewald (905): 1898–99; Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (784): c.1900
Oil on canvas
24 x 31 7/8 in. (61 x 81 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3762, huile; paysage rochers et arbres droits, 60 x 81 cm (100 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition Paul Cézanne (au profit de la caisse du monument Cézanne), March 3–24, 1924.
Galerie Blot, Paris, [unknown title], 1933.
E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, Exposition d'art français: peinture du XIXme et XXme siècle, January 7–February 4, 1933, no. 1, ill., as Sous-bois, c. 1895.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 64, lent by Jonas.
New School for Social Research, New York, 19th and 20th Century French Paintings from the Private Collection of Mrs. H. Harris Jonas, February 9–March 1, 1949, no. 3.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 51, ill. lent by Jones.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1961, no. 13, lent by Mrs. H. Harris Jonas.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 22, pl. 51. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 48, ill.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 32, fig. 15.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 121, ill., as Intérieur de forêt. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 28, ill.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 84, ill.
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 24, ill., as Forest Interior, dated 1898–1900, 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).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 84, ill. catalogued, but not shown. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XXXV.
French impressionists, old masters : 35 paintings selected from exhibitions at Dr. Alfred Gold's Gallery. Berlin: Galerie Gold, 1930, p. [20], ill., as In the Woods, c. 1895.
Niehaus, Kasper. "Fransches Meesters. Van Corot tot Picasso: Schilderijen uit de 19de en 20e eeuw." De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), January 8, 1933, p. 5, as Sous-bois.
Wolf, N.H. "Fransche schilderkunst van de 19de en 20ste eeuw." De kunst: een algemeen geïllustreerd en artistiek weekblad 25, no. 1291 (January 14, 1933), p. 126, ill, as Sous-bois, 1895.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 784, ill. vol. II, as Rochers dans le parc du Château Noir.
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. 905, ill. vol. 2, as Intérieur de forêt.
Helin, Saskia. "Cézanne in Hamburg." In Private Schätze: über das Sammeln von Kunst in Hamburg bis 1933. Hamburg: Christians, 2001, pp. 44-45, ill., as Im Wald, 1898-99.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 212, ill.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 79, ill., as Les rochers.
Record last updated August 18, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Intérieur de forêt, 1898–99 (FWN 324)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=879 (accessed on November 14, 2024).