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Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906)
Rocks in the Forest
1890s
Oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 36 3/8 in. (73.3 x 92.4 cm)
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
29.100.194
The thin, watercolor-like application of paint is typical of Cézanne's oils in the mid-1890s. The scene is traditionally identified as the Forest of Fontainebleau, where Cézanne worked around 1894, but it has also been suggested that the picture was painted near Aix-en-Provence.