Harvard Art Museums > 1998.305: Study of Trees Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study of Trees (Paul Cézanne) , 1998.305,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/213825. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text Cézanne’s fascination with the complexities of human perception and his desire to transcribe the abstract properties of vision established him as the central figure linking nineteenth-century impressionism with early twentieth-century cubism. Study of Trees exemplifies the problem of dynamically depicting depth on the flat space of a canvas, which occupied the artist for most of his career. Energetically applied diagonal brushstrokes slice the space of the picture, producing the suggestion of movement in and out of depth, and dashed lines define the tree trunks on either side of a winding country road. Remarkably, the rough, unpainted areas of the canvas seem as animated as the daubs of paint flickering across the picture’s surface like leaves in shifting sunlight. At the time of its making, Study of Trees was at the vanguard of intellectualized, abstract painting. Identification and Creation Object Number 1998.305 People Paul Cézanne, French (Aix-en-Provence 1839 - 1906 Aix-en-Provence) Title Study of Trees Other Titles Alternate Title: Arbres; Winding Road Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1904 Places Creation Place: Europe, France Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/213825 Location Location Level 1, Room 1300, Modern and Contemporary Art, Early Modernism View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 64.3 × 48.9 cm (25 5/16 × 19 1/4 in.) framed: 82 × 66.6 × 4.8 cm (32 5/16 × 26 1/4 × 1 7/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Ambroise Vollard, Paris.] Estate of Ambroise Vollard. [Paul Pétridès, Paris, 1947], sold; to James Lord, Paris, 1947. [Buchholz Gallery, New York, 1947], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret, Connecticut, 1947, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1998 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection Accession Year 1998 Object Number 1998.305 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History W. Rubin, ed., Cezanne: the late work: essays, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY, 1977), p. 277, pl. 74, color repro. John Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cezanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1996), pp. 524-5, no. 889, repro. p. 525 Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 20, fig. 25, pp. 56-59, 306, 374 Jodi Hauptman and Samantha Friedman, ed., Cézanne Drawings, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art (New York, 2021), pl. 166, pp. 140, 212 Exhibition History [Benefit exhibition for the Boston Arts Festival], Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 05/08/1956 - 05/29/1956 Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003 Re-View: S118 European & American Art since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/13/2008 - 04/09/2011 Re-View: European and American Art Since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2011 - 06/01/2013 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/12/2021; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/08/2021 - 01/01/2050 Cézanne Drawings, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 06/06/2021 - 09/25/2021 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Related Articles In the Galleries with Our Chief Curator August 1, 2019 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu