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Catalogue entry

FWN 869
Nature morte
1895–98
Alternate titles: Grande nature morte; Le Compotier; Nature morte aux pommes; Still Life; Still Life with Apples
Rewald (804): 1895–98; Venturi revised: 1900–1905; Venturi (736): 1895–1900; Gowing: probably after 1895 (Burlington); Reff: 1895–96
Oil on canvas
27 x 36 1/2 in. (68.5 x 92.7 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3489, huile; esquisse sur une nap[p]e blanche des pommes, un verre, et un compotier de fruits verts -- à gauche une indication de rideau, 73 x 92 cm (100 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 13, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1894

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Maurice Gangnat, Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York
Dikran K. Kelekian, Paris;
Kelekian Collection, American Art Association, New York, Jan. 30–31, 1922, no. 156, ill.
Lillie P. Bliss, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1934)
Exhibition History
1907a Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 44, as Le Compotier, lent by Gangnat.
1917 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 27, as Nature morte, lent by K[elekian].
1921 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, Paintings by Modern French Masters Representing the Post-Impressionists and Their Predecessors, April 1921, no. 23, as Still Life, lent by Kelekian.
1921c New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, May 3–September 15, 1921, no. 18, ill., as Still Life, lent by anon. [Kelekian].
1926 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926, lent by Miss Bliss.
1928e New York
Durand-Ruel, New York, French Masterpieces of the Late XIX Century, March 20–April 10, 1928, no. 3, as Nature morte, lent by anon.
1929 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 24, ill., as Still Life, lent by Private collection, N.Y.
1931–32 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 11, as Still Life with Apples. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.
1932b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, 1932, no. 18.
1933b Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 319, ill. lent by Bliss Estate.
1934c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 9.
1934–35 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition, November 19, 1934–January 20, 1935, no. 7, ill.
1935 Pittsburgh
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 4 (?), as Still Life with Apples.
1935 Northampton
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, French Paintings from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, April 23–May 19, 1935, no. 6, as Still Life with Apples.
1936 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 1936.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 79, as Nature morte aux pommes, lent by Museum of Modern Art.
1939f New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Art in Our Time: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, May 10–September 10, 1939, no. 61, ill.
1940 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, The Age of Impressionism and Objective Realism, May 3–June 2, 1940, no. 6.
1941b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, French Painting from David to Toulouse-Lautrec, February 6–March 26, 1941, no. 10.
1942d New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne (1839-1906) for the Benefit of Fighting France, November 19–December 19, 1942, no. 21, ill. lent by Museum of Modern Art.
1947 Cincinnati
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5–March 9, 1947, no. 9, ill. lent by Museum of Modern Art.
1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 59, ill. lent by Museum of Modern Art.
1955a Paris
Orangerie, Paris, De David à Toulouse-Lautrec: Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections américaines, April 20–July 5, 1955, no. 2, pl. 70, as Nature morte aux pommes, c. 1890-1900 (erroneously listed as Venturi 746), lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 26. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
1977–78 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 24, pl. 147. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 18, ill.
2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 48, ill., as Nature morte, shown in Zürich only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
2001–02 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Impressionist Still Life, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002, pp. 188–90, pl. 88, as Still Life with Apples, lent by MoMA, New York. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17–June 9, 2002.
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1913
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 75, as Grande nature morte.
Anonymous 1920
Collection Kélékian: tableaux de l'école française moderne. Paris and New York: [s.n.], 1920, pl. 9, as Grande nature morte.
American Art News 1921
"French Masters in Big Exhibition." American Art News 19, no. 25 (April 2, 1921), p. 1 (mentioned), as Still Life.
Tabarant 1922
T.[abarant], [Adolphe]. "La curiosité." Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 3, no. 5 (March 1, 1922), p. 112, ill.
Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 32, as Nature morte.
Flint 1930a
Flint, Ralph. "The Current American Art Season." Art and Understanding 1, no. 2 (March 1930), p. 181, ill., as Still Life.
Pène du Bois 1931
Pène du Bois, Guy. "The Lillie P. Bliss Collection." Arts 17, no. 9 (June 1931), p. 610, ill.
Sweeney 1931
Sweeney, James Johnson. "The Bliss Collection." Creative Art 8 (May 1931), p. 357.
Klein 1934
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 9.
Besson 1936
Besson, George (introduction). "Paul Cézanne: 1839–1906." Estampes. Paris: Braun & Cie, August 1936 (no. 4), fig. 7 p. 4.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 41.
Rydbeck 1936
Rydbeck, Ingrid. "Apropå Cézanne." Konstrevy (Stockholm) XII, no. 5 (1936), ill. p. 138, as Nature morte.
Huyghe 1936b
Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 54 p. 173, as Nature morte, c. 1888.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 736, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte.
Steinhof 1937
Steinhof, Eugene G. "Art and Society." Parnassus 9, no. 6 (November 1937), p. 19, ill.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 163, p. 223, ill. (analysis p. 390).
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 96.
Anonymous 1940
Anonymous. "Noted Works Mark Show at Institute." Detroit Free Press, May 5, 1940, p. 51, ill., as Still Life with Apples.
Newberry 1940
Newberry, John Stoughton. "The Age of Impressionism and Realism." Art News 38, no. 31 (May 4, 1940), p. 12, ill.
Wehle 1941
Wehle, Harry B. "French Painting from David to Toulouse-Lautrec." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 36, no. 2 (February 1941), p. 34, as Still Life.
Art Digest 1942
"Important Cézanne Survey Staged as Benefit for Fighting French." Art Digest 17, no. 5 (December 1, 1942), p. 5, ill.
Barr 1942
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 30, no. 95, ill. p. 31, as Still Life with Apples.
Kootz 1943
Kootz, Samuel. New Frontiers in American Painting. New York: Hastings House, 1943, pl. 1.
Kuhn 1947
Kuhn, Walt. "Cézanne: Delayed Finale." Art News 46, no. 2 (April 1947), p. 16, ill.
Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 50.
Venturi 1950a
Venturi, Lionello. Impressionists and Symbolists: Manet, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Scribner, 1950, fig. 137.
Barr 1954
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Masters of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1954, p. 20, ill.
Easton 1954
Easton, Roger D. "Student Questions on Aesthetics." College Art Journal 14, no. 1 (Autumn 1954), p. 47, ill.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 107, ill.
Art et Style 1955a
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Art et Style. 34, De David à Toulouse-Lautrec dans les collections et musées américains. Paris, 1st trimester, 1955, ill. in color (n.p.), as Nature morte.
Fussiner 1956
Fussiner, Howard. "Organic Integration in Cézanne's Painting." College Art Journal 15, no. 4 (Summer 1956), fig. 3.
Kramer 1957
Kramer, Hilton. "Modern Art at the Turn of the Century." Arts Yearbook 1 (1957), p. 30, ill.
Elderfield 1971
Elderfield, John. "Drawing in Cézanne." Artforum 9, no. 10 (June 1971), p. 55, ill.
Franc 1973
Franc, Helen M. An Invitation to See: 125 Paintings from the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1973, p. 30, ill.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 133.
Rubin 1977b
Rubin, William, ed. "Cézannisme and the Beginnings of Cubism." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 189. ill.
Dijkstra 1978
Dijkstra, Bram, ed. A Recognizable Image: William Carlos WIlliams on Art and Artists. New York: New Directions, 1978, p. 2, ill.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 138, ill.
Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 60.
Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 141.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 186, ill.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 320, 327, 341, fig. 168.
Baron and Bonafoux 1993
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 47, ill.
Rewald 1996
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. 804, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte.
Simms 1999
Simms, Matthew. "Cézanne's Unfinish." RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics, no. 36 (Autumn 1999), p. 230, fig. 2.
Record last updated March 4, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte, 1895–98 (FWN 869)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=780 (accessed on March 28, 2024).