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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 106
L'Étang des Sœurs à Osny, près de Pontoise
1877
Alternate titles: Bois des soeurs; L'Étang des soeurs à Osny; L'Etang des Soeurs, at Osny near Pontoise; L'Etang des Sœurs, Osny; Le Bois des soeurs; Paysage (Pontoise); The Etang des Soeurs at Osny, near Pontoise
Rewald (307): 1877; Venturi revised: c.1882; Venturi (174): 1875–77; Cooper: 1877; Gowing: 1877 (Edinburgh); Ratcliffe: summer 1877
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 28 7/8 in. (60 x 73.5 cm)
Provenance
Camille Pissarro, Paris;
Georges Pissarro
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (Mar. 8, 1907)
Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germaine-en-Laye
(Galerie Barbazanges, Paris?)
Hugo von Reininghaus, Vienna
Galerie Barbazanges, Paris
Alexander Reid, Glasgow
Thomas Agnew & Sons, London
Samuel Courtauld, London (1923);
The Courtauld Gallery, London (1932)
Exhibition History
1917 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 19, as Bois des soeurs, lent by A.K[ann].1923 Manchester
Thomas Agnew & Sons, Manchester, United Kingdom, Masterpieces of 19th Century French Art, November (?) 1923, no. 4, as Le Bois des soeurs.1923 London
Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, Masterpieces of French Art, June 29 - end of July, no. 3, as Le Bois des soeurs, lent by Courtauld.1925b London
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 15, as Le Bois des soeurs, lent by S. Courtauld.1948 London
Tate Gallery, London, Samuel Courtauld: Memorial Exhibition, May–June 1948, no. 5, as L'Etang des Soeurs, at Osny near Pontoise, 1877.1949–50 London
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Landscape in French Art, 1550–1900, December 10, 1949–March 5, 1950, no. 310, as L'Etang des Soeurs, at Osny near Pontoise, 1877, lent by the Home House Trustees.1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 16, as L'Étang des Sœurs à Osny, près de Pontoise, c. 1877, lent by the Home House Trustees. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.1955b Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Impressionnistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, October 1955, no. 3, pl. 36.1976a London
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, Samuel Courtauld's Collection of French 19th Century Paintings and Drawings, July–August 1976, no. 4.1984 Tokyo and traveling
Takashimaya, Tokyo, The Impressionists and the Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, January 12–February 28, 1984, no. 7. Traveled to: Takashimaya, Kyoto, Japan, March 8–April 3, 1984; Takashimaya, Osaka, Japan, April 12–May 8, 1984.1987–88 Cleveland and traveling
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Masterpieces: The Courtauld Collection, January 14–March 8, 1987, no. 21. Traveled to: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 4–June 21, 1987; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, July 11–September 27, 1987; Art Institute, Chicago, October 17, 1987–January 3, 1988; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, January 30–April 3, 1988.1994 London
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, June 17–September 25, 1994, no. 4.2005–06 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 63, ill., p. 159 (dated c. 1875), as L'Étang des Sœurs à Osny, près de Pontoise. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 16, ill., as L'Etang des Sœurs, Osny, c. 1877.2008 London
The Courtauld Gallery, London, The Courtauld Cézannes, June 26–October 5, 2008, no. 1, ill., pp. 74–77 (dated c. 1875), as L'Étang des Sœurs à Osny, près de Pontoise.2019 Paris
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, La Collection Courtauld: le parti de l'impressionnsime, February 20–June 17, 2019. (Exhibition catalogue: Serres et al 2019), no. 32, ill., as L'Etang des Sœurs, Osny, c. 1875.2021 Bergen
KODE Art Museums, Bergen, Norway, Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Courtauld at KODE Art Museums, July 16–October 10, 2021, no. 1, ill. c. 1875.Published References
Wedderkop 1922a
Wedderkop, Hans von. "Paul Cézanne." Der Cicerone 14, no. 16 (1922), ill. p. 685.Wedderkop 1922b
Wedderkop, Harro von. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1922, ill.Phillips 1923
Phillips, Sir Claude. "Agnew's Galleries: Masterpieces of French Art." The Daily Telegraph (London) (July 3, 1923), p. 12, as Le Bois des soeurs.Dormoy 1929
Dormoy, Marie. "La Collection Courtauld." L'Amour de l'art 10, nos. 1 et 2 (January et February 1929), ill. p. 16, as Le Bois des soeurs.Home House 1935
Catalogue of the Pictures and Other Works of Art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London. London: Home House Trustees, 1935, no. 74, as Bois des soeurs.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 174, ill. vol. II, as L'Étang des Sœurs à Osny, près de Pontoise.Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 11.Gowing 1977
Gowing, Lawrence. "The Logic of Organized Sensations." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 56, ill.Stokes 1978
Stokes, Adrian. "Cézanne." In The Critical Writings of Adrian Stokes, vol. 2, 1937–58. London: Thames & Hudson, 1978, fig. 96 (erroneously illustrated).Bernard, B. 1986
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 249, ill.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 125, ill.Kendall 1989a
Kendall, Richard. The History and Techniques of the Great Master Cézanne. London: Tiger Books International, 1989, p. 31, ill.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 380, fig. 2.Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, pp. 53-54, ill.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. 307, ill. vol. 2, as L'Étang des Sœurs à Osny, près de Pontoise.Reff 1997a
Reff, Theodore. Review of The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, by John Rewald, in collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. The Burlington Magazine 139, no. 1136 (November 1997), p. 800, does not agree with Rewald's date on stylistic grounds if compared to no. 726.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 108; vol. 2, p. 88, as L'Étang des Sœurs à Osny, près de Pontoise.Mothe 2011
Mothe, Alain. Ce que voyait Cézanne: Les paysages impressionnistes à la lumière des cartes postales. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011, pp. 74–75, ill., as L'Étang des Sœurs à Osny, près de Pontoise, with old postcard view of the park at the Château de Busagny to suggest a possible site.Machotka 2011a
Machotka, Pavel. "Des paysages du nord aux premiers pas du cubisme." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 189, fig. 102, as L'Étang des soeurs à Osny.Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 79, fig. 19b, with black and white postcard of the probable site, p. 78, fig. 19a, as L'Étang des Sœurs à Osny, près de Pontoise.Callen 2015
Callen, Anthea. The Work of Art: Plein-air Painting and Artistic Identiy in the Nineteenth-century France. London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2015, pp. 183-6, 191, figs. 142, 143 (detail), as The Etang des Soeurs at Osny, near Pontoise, c. 1875.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 159, ill., as Paysage (Pontoise).Notes
This work was painted while Cézanne was staying with Pissarro at Pontoise in 1877.
Vintage postcard view of the park at the Château de Busagny in Osny.
Photo: Courtesy Alain Mothe
Record last updated March 21, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Étang des Sœurs à Osny, près de Pontoise, 1877 (FWN 106)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=305 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
