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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.40.4
People
Paul Cézanne, French (Aix-en-Provence 1839 - 1906 Aix-en-Provence)
Title
Forest Interior
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Sous-bois
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1890
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/98848

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
47.9 x 31.2 cm (18 7/8 x 12 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • gallery label: formerly back of frame, printed and inscribed: M. KNOEDLER & CO., INC. / 14 EAST 57TH STREET / NEW YORK, N.Y. / P CA 5430 F 8644 / TITLE Paysage Sous Bois

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul Cézanne; his son, Paul Cézanne. [Georges Bernheim, Paris]. [Jos Hessel, Paris]. [Walther Halvorsen, Oslo]. Justin K. Thannhauser, New York (by 1936), sale; [Parke-Bernet, New York, April 12, 1945, no. 80, repr.]. [Kleeman Gallery, New York.] [Parke-Bernet, New York, November 7, 1946, no. 43, repr.]. Frederick W. Schumacher, Columbus, Ohio (until 1957). [Knoedler Galleries, New York]. Harold and Mary Gershinowitz, New York, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Provenance adapted from Rewald, 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mary Gershinowitz
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.40.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cézanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné, website, no. FWN 1288; https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1310; accessed 2-13-24
  • Lionello Venturi, Cézanne, son art, son oeuvre, P. Rosenberg (Paris, 1936), vol. I, cat. no. 1009, p. 265; vol. II, pl. 300
  • William R. Valentiner, The Frederick W. Schumacher Collection, privately printed (Columbus, Ohio, 1955), no. 38, repr.
  • John Rewald, Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné, Little, Brown & Company (Boston, MA, 1983), cat. no. 329, repr.
  • Ewa Lajer-Burcharth and Elizabeth M. Rudy, ed., Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2017), p. 93, repr. p. 94 as fig. 5

Verification Level

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