Catalogue entry

FWN 1015

La Tranchée

1867–70

Alternate title: Paysage

Rewald (W19); Venturi revised: 1875–76; Venturi (844): 1875–77; Chappuis: 1869–72

Watercolor, ink and graphite on laid paper

10 3/8 x 12 1/16 in. (26.3 x 30.7 cm)

Private collection

Keywords

Landscape
Man-made motifs:
- rail cutting / tranchée »
- road / path /route / chemin »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve, France;

Chappuis-Barrut Collection, Christie's, London, June 26, 2003, no. 345, ill.

Private collection;

Christie's, London, Feb. 10, 2011, no. 258, ill.; bought in

Private collection

Exhibition History

1936c Paris

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 116, as Paysage, c. 1874-75, lent by Adrien Chappuis, Paris.

1974 Tokyo and traveling

National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 63, ill., as La Tranchée, c. 1870, lent by M. and Mme Chappuis, Tresserve. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 844, ill. vol. II.

Chappuis 1938

Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des chroniques du jour, 1938, pl. III p. 11, as Paysage.

Rewald 1983a

Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 19, ill.

Reconstruction of FWN1015/RW19 and FWN1731/Ch610; the combined sheet 61.1 x 46.8 cm. Identified by Robert Ratcliffe.

Record last updated October 17, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Tranchée, 1867–70 (FWN 1015)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=996 (accessed on May 3, 2024).