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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 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
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Sally Falk, Mannheim
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (May 31, 1918)
Caecilie Jacobi, Berlin (January 7, 1919)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (November 12, 1927)
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (January 3, 1928)
Margarete Oppenheim, Berlin
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (1941)
Arthur Stoll, Arlesheim and Corseaux (1941);
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, November 18, 1972, no. 59
Heinz Berggruen, Paris
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo
Hiroshima Museum of Art
Exhibition History
1921 Berlin
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.1943 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Kunstwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz, May 1–July 4, 1943, no. 314.1949 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Impressionisten, September 3–November 20, 1949, no. 51, ill.1954 Geneva
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.1955 Winterthur
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, Europäische Meister, 1790–1910, June 12–July 24, 1955, no. 31, as L'Arbre tordu, lent by A. Stoll, Arlesheim/Corseaux.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 26, ill.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 47.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 35, lent by Stoll.1964 Lausanne
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.1967b Paris
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.1974 Tokyo and traveling
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, 1974.1997 Kasama
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan, Cézanne, October 4–November 30, 1997, no. 21, ill.1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling
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, 2000.2008–09 Yokohama and traveling
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, 2009.2015 Kanagawa
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.2017 Martigny
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 1918b
Westheim, Paul. "Erinnerungen an eine Sammlung." Das Kunstblatt 2, no. 8 (August 1918), p. 234, as Landschaft.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 420, ill. vol. II, as L'Arbre tordu.Oeri 1944
Oeri, Georgine. Kunstwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1944, pl. 58, as L'Arbre tordu.Raynal, Leymarie, and Read 1949
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.Jourdain 1950
Jourdain, Francis. Cézanne. Paris: Braun, 1950, ill.Franz 1956
Franz, H.G. "Cézanne und die Abkehr von Impressionismus." Forschungen und Fortschritte (February 1956), p. 55, fig. 3.Stoll 1960
Stoll, Robert Thomas. Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne. Zurich: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1960, p. 39, ill.Stoll 1961
Stoll, Arthur. Sammlung Arthur Stoll: Skulpturen und Gemälde des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Zurich and Stuttgart: Fretz & Wasmuth, 1961, pl. 76.Ramuz 1968
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. Cézanne Formes. Lausanne: International Art Book, 1968, pl. 14.Huyghe 1971
Huyghe, René. Impressionism. London: Bracken Books, 1971, p. 251, ill.Dorn 1994
Dorn, Roland. Stiftung und Sammlung Sally Falk. Mannheim: Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1994, no. 56.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. 610, ill. vol. 2, as L'Arbre tordu.Feilchenfeldt 2005b
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 2020
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.Related
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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 April 26, 2024).
