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 796
Nature morte aux poires
c.1885
Alternate titles: Natura morta con pere; Nature morte: Assiette de poires; Pears and Apples; Plato con peras; Stilleben; Stilleben mit Birnen
Rewald (556): c.1885; Venturi revised: 1890–93; Venturi (744): 1895–1900
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/8 in. (38 x 46 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3364, peinture à l'huile; poires et pommes dans une assiette débordant sur une nape blanche, 36 x 48 cm (150 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3848, Fruits verts et rouges dans assiette près d'une nappe, 38 x 46 cm (100 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 35, as Stilleben, lent by Private collection [Hugo Cassirer].
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 37, as Stilleben mit Birnen, lent by Hugo Cassirer.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Republic, La Pintura francesca: de David a nuestros días, July 18–August 1939, no. 11, as Plato con peras, 1895-1900, lent by Mme F[ürstenberg]. Traveled to: Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina Republic, August 31–September 10, 1939; Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, April 1940; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, June–July 1940.
Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, La Pintura francesa: de David a nuestros días, April 1940, no. 5, as Plato con peras, 1885-1900, lent by Mme F[ürstenberg].
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, The Paintings of France since the French Revolution, December 7, 1940–January 1941, no. 5, ill. p. 84, as Pears and Apples, lent by Mrs. F, Paris.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, French Painting from David to Toulouse-Lautrec, February 6–March 26, 1941, no. 9.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Masterpieces of French Art Lent by the Museums and Collectors of France, April 10–May 20, 1941, no. 14, pl. XL.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, Masterpieces of French Painting, September 3–October 5, 1941, no. 7, ill.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 84, ill.
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, Cézanne, Manet, Schuch: drei Wege zur autonomen Kunst, May 30–July 30, 2000, no. 10, ill., as Stilleben mit Birnen.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 156, ill., as Natura morta con pere, lent by Wallraf-Richartz Museum.
Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany, Paula Modersohn-Becker und die Kunst in Paris um 1900 - Von Cézanne bis Picasso, October 13, 2007–February 24, 2008, no. 143, ill., as Stilleben mit Birnen, c. 1885.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 31, ill.
Hanagaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea, Impressionist Landscapes – van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, Manet, Renoir, Monet, Signac, December 19, 2015–April 3, 2016, ill.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 59, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 744, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte: Assiette de poires.
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 43, ill.
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. 556, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte aux poires.
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, p. 243, ill. in b/w.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte Cézannes in Deutschland." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 154, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 272; vol. 2, p. 179, as Nature morte aux poires.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektion Paul Cézanne: 17. November bis 12. Dezember 1909." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910. vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 307, ill.
Stuffmann, Margret. "Hidden Propensities, Cézanne and Delacroix." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 9.
Record last updated February 3, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte aux poires, c.1885 (FWN 796)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=543 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
