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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 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
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris, France
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Dec. 21, 1911)
Louis Bernard, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (September 29, 1916);
Bernheim-Jeune, Lausanne (December 31, 1917)
Siegmund Gildemeister, Bremen
Alfred Gold, Berlin
Mrs. Harris Jonas, New York
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (1977)
Exhibition History
1924a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition Paul Cézanne (au profit de la caisse du monument Cézanne), March 3–24, 1924.1933a Paris
Galerie Blot, Paris, [unknown title], 1933.1933a Amsterdam
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. 1895.1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 64, lent by Jonas.1949b New York
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. 3.1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 51, ill. lent by Jones.1961e New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1961, no. 13, lent by Mrs. H. Harris Jonas.1977–78 New York and traveling
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).1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 48, ill.1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 50.1990 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 32, fig. 15.2000 Vienna and traveling
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).2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 28, ill.2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 84, ill.2020 Princeton and traveling
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).2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 84, ill. catalogued, but not shown. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XXXV.Galerie Gold 1930
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 1933
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 1933
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.Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. LII p. 81.Venturi 1936b
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 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 247, 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. 905, ill. vol. 2, as Intérieur de forêt.Helin 2001
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 2005c
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 2020
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 April 25, 2024).
