Paul Cézanne
Rochers et arbres, 1890-95
Pencil and watercolour
18 x 13.75 inches
POA
Further images
Provenance
G. & L. Bollag, Zurich
Cézanne cat. raisonne no. FWN 1303
Note: Executed around 1890-95, the present work probably takes its subject from a path in the forest of the Château Noir, through which he often passed on walks away from Aix towards Mont Sainte-Victoire, which is visible in the distance. Between 1890 and 1902 Cezanne rented storage space for materials at the Château Noir property, and he documented various stages along the paths that led through the adjacent forest in numerous paintings and drawings.
Fry made Cezanne the focus of the first Post-Impressionist exhibition in 1910 and seemed to have designed his selections of Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck to consolidate the image of Cezanne as the point of origin for Post-Impressionism.
Literature
Cézanne cat. raisonne no. FWN 1303