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)
FWN 213
Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan
1885–87
Alternate titles: Grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan; Le Jas de Bouffan; Les grands arbres; Paysage de Provence; Paysage provençal; Trees at the Jas de Bouffan
Rewald (547): 1885–87; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (475): 1885–87; Cooper: c.1885–87 (Courtauld); Gowing: c.1884 (Edinburgh),Novotny: 1885–90
Oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 31 5/16 in. (64.7 x 79.5 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3925, paysage à l'huile: grands arbres, 65 x 81 cm (150 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 464, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Jas de Bouffan
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Art français du XIXe siècle au profit de l'Association Générale des mutilés de la guerre, June 25–July 13, 1917, no. 11, as Le Jas de Bouffan, lent by Rosenberg.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Œuvres de grands maitres du dix-neuvième siècle, May 3–June 3, 1922, no. 11, as Paysage provençal, 1886, lent by Vollard.
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 16, as Les grands arbres, lent by S. Courtauld.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 20, ill., as Grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, 1887, lent by Samuel Courtauld.
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 13, ill., (dated 1887), lent by Courtauld.
Tate Gallery, London, Samuel Courtauld: Memorial Exhibition, May–June 1948, no. 11, as Trees at the Jas de Bouffan, c. 1885-87.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Landscape in French Art, 1550–1900, December 10, 1949–March 5, 1950, no. 309, as Trees at the Jas de Bouffan, c. 1885-7, lent by the Home House Trustees.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 33, as Grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, c. 1884, lent by the Home House Trustees. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Impressionnistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, October 1955, no. 8, pl. 40.
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, Samuel Courtauld's Collection of French 19th Century Paintings and Drawings, July–August 1976, no. 7.
Takashimaya, Tokyo, The Impressionists and the Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, January 12–February 28, 1984, no. 8. Traveled to: Takashimaya, Kyoto, Japan, March 8–April 3, 1984; Takashimaya, Osaka, Japan, April 12–May 8, 1984.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Masterpieces: The Courtauld Collection, January 14–March 8, 1987, no. 23. 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.
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, June 17–September 25, 1994, no. 6, ill.
The Courtauld Gallery, London, Art Made Modern: Roger Fry's Vision of Art, October 15, 1999–January 23, 2000, no. 28, as Trees at the Jas de Bouffan, c. 1883.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 23, ill. shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
The Courtauld Gallery, London, The Courtauld Cézannes, June 26–October 5, 2008, no. 3, ill., pp. 80–83 (dated c. 1883), as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan.
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, La Collection Courtauld: le parti de l'impressionnsime, February 20–June 17, 2019. (Exhibition catalogue: Serres et al 2019), no. 35, ill., as Grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, c. 1883.
KODE Art Museums, Bergen, Norway, Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Courtauld at KODE Art Museums, July 16–October 10, 2021, no. 3, ill. c. 1883.
Published References
Janneau, Guillaume. "Les grandes expositions: maîtres du siècle passé." La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe (Paris), vol. 5, no. 5 (May 1922), ill. p. 344, as Paysage de Provence, erroneously labeled as a Gauguin.
Dormoy, Marie. "La Collection Courtauld." L'Amour de l'art 10, nos. 1 et 2 (January et February 1929), ill. p. 19, as Les grands arbres.
Wilenski, R.H. "La collection Courtauld." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 10 (December 1930), p. 17, as Les grands arbres.
Jamot, Paul, and Percy Moore Turner. Collection de tableaux français, faite à Londres, 20 Portman Square, par Samuel et Elizabeth Courtauld. London: [privately published], 1934, no. 20.
Rewald, John, and Léo Marschutz. "Cézanne und der 'Jas de Bouffan.'" Forum, no. 9 (1935), p. 253, ill. (with photograph of motif).
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 475, ill. vol. II, as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 55.
Bagarry, Adrien-Pierre. "Le centenaire de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 22, no. 1 (March 1939), p. 4, ill., as Grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, 1887, Samuel Courtauld collection.
Franz, H.G. "Cézanne und die Abkehr von Impressionismus." Forschungen und Fortschritte (February 1956), p. 55, fig. 4.
Gowing, Lawrence. "Notes on the Development of Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 98, no. 639 (June 1956), p. 190.
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 13, ill. in color.
Thomas, Denis. The Age of the Impressionists. Middlesex, U.K.: Holiday House, 1987, p. 164, ill.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 23, ill. in color.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 16, ill.
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, pp. 6-7, ill.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 87.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 57, fig. 30, with photograph of motif, p. 56, fig. 29, as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, dated c. 1883.
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. 547, ill. vol. 2, as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan.
Robbins, Anne. Cézanne in Britain. London: National Gallery, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 94, as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, listed.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 105, fig. 33b, with black and white photo of motif, p. 104, fig. 33a, as Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan.
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 298 p. 304 (fig. 299 photograph of motif, J. Rewald, c. 1935 p. 304).
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 6.
Record last updated June 1, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les grands arbres au Jas de Bouffan, 1885–87 (FWN 213)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=534 (accessed on April 20, 2024).
