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 247
L'Arbre tordu
1888–90
Alternate title: Kleine Landschaft
Rewald (610): 1888–90; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (420): 1882–85
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (46 x 55 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3349, peinture; paysage sur bord d'eau; vers le milieu maison rougeâtre, de chaque côté deux troncs d'arbres très hauts et minces sans feuilles, 46 x 55 cm (100 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 41, as Kleine Landschaft, lent by Frau Jacobi.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Kunstwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz, May 1–July 4, 1943, no. 314.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Impressionisten, September 3–November 20, 1949, no. 51, ill.
Musée Rath, Geneva, Trésors des collections romandes, June 26–October 3, 1954, no. 68, as L'Arbre tordu, lent by Prof. Stoll, Corseaux sur Vevey.
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, Europäische Meister, 1790–1910, June 12–July 24, 1955, no. 31, as L'Arbre tordu, lent by A. Stoll, Arlesheim/Corseaux.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 26, ill.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 35, lent by Stoll.
Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections suisses: de Manet à Picasso, May 1–October 25, 1964, no. 91, ill., as L'Arbre tordu, 1882-1885, lent by Professor Arthur Stoll, Arlesheim and Corseaux.
Orangerie, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections suisses de Manet à Picasso, May 10–October 2, 1967, no. 90, lent by Arthur Stoll, Arlesheim and Corseaux.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 39. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan, Cézanne, October 4–November 30, 1997, no. 21, ill.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 32, ill., as L'Arbre tordu, lent by Hiroshima Museum of Art. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Homage to Cézanne: His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting, November 15, 2008–January 25, 2009, no. 80, ill., as L'Arbre tordu, lent by Hiroshima Museum of Art. Traveled to: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, February 7–April 12, 2009.
Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan, Cézanne, Pioneer of Modern Art, April 4–September 27, 2015, no. 25, ill. lent by Hiroshima Museum of Art.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 52, ill. lent by Hiroshima Museum of Art.
Published References
Westheim, Paul. "Erinnerungen an eine Sammlung." Das Kunstblatt 2, no. 8 (August 1918), p. 234, as Landschaft.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 420, ill. vol. II, as L'Arbre tordu.
Oeri, Georgine. Kunstwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1944, pl. 58, as L'Arbre tordu.
Raynal, Maurice, Jean Leymarie, and Herbert Read. Histoire de la peinture moderne [1]: de Baudelaire à Bonnard, naissance d'une vision nouvelle. Geneva: Skira, 1949, ill. p. 46, as L'Arbre tordu, 1882-85.
Franz, H.G. "Cézanne und die Abkehr von Impressionismus." Forschungen und Fortschritte (February 1956), p. 55, fig. 3.
Stoll, Robert Thomas. Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne. Zurich: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1960, p. 39, ill.
Stoll, Arthur. Sammlung Arthur Stoll: Skulpturen und Gemälde des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Zurich and Stuttgart: Fretz & Wasmuth, 1961, pl. 76.
Dorn, Roland. Stiftung und Sammlung Sally Falk. Mannheim: Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1994, no. 56.
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. 610, ill. vol. 2, as L'Arbre tordu.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Sammler. Von Zola bis Annenberg." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 187, ill.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 94, ill., as L'Arbre tordu.
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Record last updated March 31, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Arbre tordu, 1888–90 (FWN 247)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=952 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
