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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 323
Pins et rochers (Fontainebleau?)
c.1897
Alternate titles: Blue Landscape; Paysage; Paysage boisé; Pines and Rocks; Pines and Rocks (Fontainebleau?); Rocks and Pines; Sous-bois provençal; Trees on the Mountain; Wooded landscape
Rewald (906): c.1897; Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (774): c.1900
Oil on canvas
32 x 25 11/16 in. (81.3 x 65.4 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3337, (?) Sous bois, 81 x 65 cm
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Cornelis Hoogendijk, Amsterdam
Paul Rosenberg, Paris (1920)
Galerie Barbazanges, Paris
Marius de Zayas, New York
Lillie P. Bliss, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1934)
Exhibition History
1911 Amsterdam
Moderne Kunstkring, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Internationale tentoonstelling van moderne kunst, October 6–November 5, 1911, no. 10, as Paysage boisé, Hoogendijk collection.1920 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters, April 17–May 9, 1920, no. 55, as Trees on the Mountain, lent by Bliss.1921c New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, May 3–September 15, 1921, no. 19, as Rocks and Pines, lent by anon. [Bliss].1926 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926, lent by Miss Bliss.1929 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 22, ill., as Blue Landscape, lent by Private collection, N.Y.1931–32 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 9, ill., as Pines and Rocks. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.1934c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 10.1934–35 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition, November 19, 1934–January 20, 1935, no. 10, ill.1935 Pittsburgh
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 23, as Pines and Rocks.1935 Northampton
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, French Paintings from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, April 23–May 19, 1935, no. 7, as Pines and Rocks.1936e New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cubism and Abstract Art, March 2–April 19, 1936, no. 35, fig. 18, as Pines and Rocks, dated c. 1895–1900.1937 Pittsfield
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Landscape Paintings from the 16th to 20th Century, June 25–July 20, 1937, no. 29.1937 San Francisco
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 35, ill. lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York.1939f New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Art in Our Time: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, May 10–September 10, 1939, no. 59, ill.1941a Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Aspects of French Painting from Cézanne to Picasso, January 15–March 2, 1941, no. 11, ill.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. 21, pl. 52. 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. 49, ill.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. 81, ill., p. 179, as Pins et rochers (Fontainebleau?). 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).2020 Princeton and traveling
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 8, ill., as Pines and Rocks, dated 1895–1900, catalogue notes by Annemarie Iker. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).Published References
Henkel 1910
M.[ax] D.[itmar] H.[enkel]. "Das Rijkesmuseum für Moderne Kunst zu Amsterdam." Kunstchronik: Wochenschrift für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Neue Folge XXI, no. 13 (January 14, 1910), col. 213, as Kiefern zwischen Felsblöcken.Van Riemsdijk 1910
Riemsdijk, Barthold Willem Floris van. Catalogue of the Pictures, Miniatures, Pastels, Framed Drawings etc. at the Rijks-Museum at Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Roeloffzen-Hübner and Van Santen, 1910, p. 425, no. 688G, as Wooded landscape.Rijksmuseum 1911
Catalogue des tableaux, miniatures, pastels, dessins encadrés, etc. du Musée de l'État à Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Roeloffzen-Hübner et Van Santen, 1911, p. 100, no. 688G, as Paysage boisé.Anonymous 1911a
Anonymous. "Kunst in de hoofdstad. De tentoonstelling van den Mondernen Kunstkring. III." De Maasbode Avondblad (October 12, 1911), p. 3, as Een landschap als no. 3 [exhibition cat.] ... .Gasquet 1920
Gasquet, Joachim. "Ce qu'il m'a dit … Le motif." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 261, as Paysage.Fontainas and Vauxcelles 1922
Fontainas, André and Louis Vauxcelles. "Paul Cézanne." Histoire générale de l'art français de la Révolution à nos jours: la peinture, la gravure, le dessin. Paris: Librairie de France, 1922, ill. p. 236, as Paysage.Art News 1929
The Art News (Nov. 9, 1929), p. 17, ill., as Blue Landscape.Sweeney 1931
Sweeney, James Johnson. "The Bliss Collection." Creative Art 8 (May 1931), p. 357.Art News 1931c
The Art News XXIX, 37 (June 13, 1931), p. 14, ill.Klein 1934
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 10.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 774, ill. vol. II, as Sous-bois provençal.Barr 1942
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, no. 97, ill., as Pines and Rocks.Barr 1954
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Masters of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1954, p. 21, ill.Franc 1973
Franc, Helen M. An Invitation to See: 125 Paintings from the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1973, p. 31, ill.Barr 1977
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929–1967. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, p. 531, ill. p. 14.Reff 1977a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne on Solids and Spaces." Artforum 16, no. 2 (October 1977), p. 36.Reff 1977b
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Late Bather Paintings." Arts Magazine 52, no. 2 (October 1977), ill. p. 36.Shiff 1984
Shiff, Richard. Cézanne and the end of Impressionism: a study of the theory, technique, and a critical evaluation of modern art. Chicago; London: The Univesity of Chicago Press, 1984, pp. 121-123, fig. 30 and cover, as Pines and Rocks, c. 1896-1900.Henkels 1993
Henkels, Herbert. "Cézanne en Van Gogh in het Rijksmuseum voor Moderne Kunst in Amsterdam: De collectie van Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866–1911)." Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 41, nos. 3–4 (1993), fig. 98.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. 906, ill. vol. 2, as Pins et rochers (Fontainebleau?).Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 148, 167, fig. 4.22, as Pins et rochers (Fontainebleau?), titled Sous-bois provençal.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.Lanchner 2011
Lanchner, Carolyn. 10 Works by Paul Cézanne in the Museum of Modern Art Collection. MoMA Artists Series. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2011, pp. 26–29, ill.Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 288, fig. 1, as Pines and Rocks (Fontainebleau?).Janssen and van Faassen 2021
Janssen, Hans, and Sjoerd van Faassen. [no title]. In Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 3.Ruppen 2021a
Ruppen, Fabienne. "Tiefenschürfungen: Cézannes Fels- und Steinbruchmalerei." Kunstchronik 74, no. 6 (June 2021), fig. 1, as Pins et rochers (Fontainebleau?).Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2023
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "Cézanne nostalgique: Nostalgia, Memory, Illusion." Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, Autumn 2023, fig. 18.Heteran 2023
Heteran, Marjan van. "Van Gogh, Cézanne, Le Fauconnier and the Bergen School." In Van Gogh, Cézanne, Le Fauconnier and the Bergen School. Zwolle: Stedelijk Museum and Waanders, 2023. Exhibition catalogue, p. 119, fig. 125.Record last updated December 30, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pins et rochers (Fontainebleau?), c.1897 (FWN 323)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=880 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
