Footpath in the Woods
1882–84
- Medium
- watercolor and graphite on modern laid paper
- Dimensions
- 47.9 × 31.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-192341
Paul Cezanne is known for moving beyond the visible brushwork of Impressionism toward a “constructive stroke,” in which each mark built a cohesive whole. He favored subjects that he saw as timeless, including landscape, the focus of this watercolor. Cezanne depicted chestnut trees at the Jas de Bouffan, his family estate outside Aix-en-Provence in southern France. He used graphite lines and areas of muted watercolor, but also the whiteness of his sheet of paper to represent the scene. The artist worked in watercolor throughout his entire career, seeing it as a site of experimentation and for …
Provenance
Fund, 2021.165
Registry history
- 1882–84 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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