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Paul Cézanne

Aix-en-Provence, 1839 - Aix-en-Provence, 1906

The Bare Trees at Jas de Bouffan

Date	1885-86
Materials and Techniques	oil on canvas
Size（cm）	60.3 x 73
Credit Line	Purchased
Standard ref.	Venturi 414; Rewald 552
Category	Paintings
Collection Number	P.1978-0005

Cézanne's father purchased a large mansion called Jas de Bouffan on the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence in 1859. The beautiful buildings and farms had formerly been the residence of the governors of Provence. Cézanne stayed mainly in Aix from the beginning of the 1880s, and the buildings of Jas de Bouffan, its rows of chestnut trees, reservoirs, farm and the walls surrounding the estate are often seen in Cézanne's paintings after 1882. This work was painted near the back gate of the estate. Several roughly depicted chestnut trees with their arabesque-shaped branches are seen in the left of the composition, and the occasional glimpse of blank space attests to the work's overall soft, sketch-like form. Conversely, the undulations that continue from the back entrance and wall to the distant range of mountains are precisely expressed in long narrow strips of blue, blue green and ochre that maintain Cézanne's firm sense of spatial order. (Source: Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2009, cat. no. 89)

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris; E. R. Bühler, Winterthur (August 1918); Galerie Thannhauser, Lucern (1 October 1928); Salmon Schocken, New York; Private Collection, New York; E. V. Thau, by which sold to the NMWA, 1978.

Exhibition History

1909: [Group Exhibition], Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 17 November 1909 - 12 December 1909, cat. no. 23
1912: , Modern Galerie [Heinrich Thanhauser], Munich, 0 December 1912 - 0 December 1912, n.n.?
1952: Cézanne: Rarely Shown Works, Fine art Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, 10 November 1952 - 29 November 1952, cat. no. 5, ill.
1980: [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 22 October 1980 - 5 November 1980, cat. no. 4
1980: [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Kumamoto Prefectural Museum, Kumamoto, 11 November 1980 - 24 November 1980, cat. no. 4
1980: [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, Nagasaki, 29 November 1980 - 13 December 1980, cat. no. 4
1981: [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Hirosaki Municipal Museum, 7 October 1981 - 21 October 1981, cat. no. 6
1981: [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Iwate Prefectural Hall, Morioka, 28 October 1981 - 11 November 1981, cat. no. 6
1981: [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Fukushima Prefectural Culture Center, Fukushima, 18 November 1981 - 2 December 1981, cat. no. 6
1982: [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, 1 October 1982 - 17 October 1982, cat. no. 6
1982: [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Cultural Center of Kagawa Prefecture, Takamatsu, 23 October 1982 - 7 November 1982, cat. no. 6
1982: [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Cultural Center of Kochi Prefecture, Kochi, 13 November 1982 - 28 November 1982, cat. no. 6
1984: Paul Cézanne, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 0 March 1984 - 0 April 1984, cat. no. 25, col. repr.
1986: Cézanne, Isetan Museum of Art, 18 September 1986 - 7 October 1986, The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 10 Octber 1986-9 November 1986, The Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 15 November 1986-4 December 1986, cat. no. 21, col. repr. Exhibited only at Kobe & Nagoya
1987: Exposition Paul Cézanne : affinité entre son oeuvre et le groupe Shirakaba　, Musée Kiyoharu Shirakaba, 12 May 1987 - 28 June 1987, cat. no. 10, col. rep.
1989: The French Modern Painting, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Miyakonojo City Museum, 15 April 1989 - 14 May 1989, cat. no. 10, col. repr.
1990: [Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Ibara Municipal Denchu Art Museum, 10 April 1990 - 23 April 1990, cat. no. 11
1990: [Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Cultural Center of Kagawa Prefecture, Takamatsu, 28 April 1990 - 13 May 1990, cat. no. 11
1990: [Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Cultural Center of Toyota City, 19 May 1990 - 3 June 1990, cat. no. 11
1992: [Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Urasoe Art Museum, 3 November 1992 - 7 December 1992, cat. no. 10
1996: The Crossing Visions: European and Modern Japanese Art from the Collections of The National Museum of Western Art & The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 20 July 1996 - 8 September 1996, cat. no. 22
2008: Homage to Cezanne : his influence on the development of twentieth century painting, Yokohama Museum of Art, 15 November 2008 - 25 January 2009, cat. no. 75, col. repr.
2012: Cézanne. Paris-Provence, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 28 March 2012 - 11 June 2012, cat. no. 37, col. repr.

Bibliography

1936: Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: son art, son œuvre. vol. 1, Paris, 1936, p.155, no. 414, repr.
1956: Gowing, Lawrence. Notes on the development of Cézanne. The Burlington Magazine. vol. 98, no. 639, June 1956, pp. 185-192.
1970: Gatto, Alfonso; Orienti, Sandra. L'opera completa di Cézanne. Milano, Rizzoli, 1970, p. 103, no. 378, repr.
1979: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 37, repr.
1980: Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 13 (1978), 1980, Watanabe, Yasuko. New Acquisitions (Painting). pp. 18-19, New Acquisitions (Catalogue). pp. 26-27, repr.
1984: Paul Cézanne (exh. cat.). Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, [1984], pp. 116-117, cat. no. 25, col. repr.
1986: Cézanne (exh. cat.). The Tokyo Shimbun, ed. [Tokyo], The Tokyo Shimbun, 1986, pp. 52-53, cat. no. 21, col. repr.
1987: Exposition Paul Cézanne: Affinité entre son oeuvre et le groupe Shirakaba (exh.cat.). Yoshii, Chozo, eds. Nagasakacho, Musée Kiyoharu Shirakaba, 1987, cat. no. 10, col. repr.
1992: The French Modern Art, from The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, ed. Okinawa, Urasoe Art Museum, 1992, p.20, cat. no. 10, col. repr
1996: Rewald, John. The paintings of Paul Cézanne: a catalogue raisonné. vol. 1, New York, 1996, p. 373, no. 552.
2006: Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 89, col. repr.
2008: Homage to Cezanne: his influence on the development of twentieth century painting(exh. cat.). Yokohama Museum of Art; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; Nippon Television Network Corporation, eds. [Yokohama], Yokohama Museum of Art; [Tokyo], Nippon Television Network Corporation, 2008 , cat. no. 75, col. repr.
2009: Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 89, col. repr.
2012: Cézanne.: Paris-Provence(exh. cat.). [Tokyo], Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., c2012, cat. no. 37, col. repr.
2013: Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 96, col. repr.
2014: Cézanne: site, non-site(exh. cat.). Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, c2014, cat. no. 21, col. repr.

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