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 808
Nature morte à la commode
1887–88
Alternate titles: La commode; Nature morte; Stilleben; Stilleben mit Ingwertopf und Aepfeln in seiner Schale; Stilleven met gemberpot en schaal met appelen
Rewald (634): 1887–88; Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (497): 1883–87
Oil on canvas
25 13/16 x 31 7/8 in. (65.5 x 81 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3758, huile; nature morte. sur une table une nap[p], une assiette de fruits, un sucrier, un pot vert un pot autre, 65 x 81 cm (250 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 80, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1885
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 33, as Stilleben, lent by Sami Fischer.
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Schilderijen van Delacroix tot Cézanne en Vincent van Gogh, December 20, 1933–January 21, 1934, no. 2, pl. XXXV, as Stilleven met gemberpot en schaal met appelen (erroneously mentioned as cat. no. 32 in the 1921 Berlin exhibition).
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, Französische Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts und van Gogh, February 18–April 2, 1934, no. 7, as Stilleben mit Ingwertopf und Aepfeln in seiner Schale.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 8, ill., as Nature morte à la commode, 1883, lent by R.P.A.
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 6, (dated 1883), lent by R.P.A.
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. 10, ill. lent by anon.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, French Painting since 1870: Lent from Maurice Wertheim, July 1, 1946–September 7, 146, no number, ill., pp. 22–23.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 25, ill. lent by Wertheim.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Six Masters of Post-Impressionism, April 8–May 8, 1948, no. 5, as Nature morte à la commode, lent by Wertheim.
Musée de la Province de Québec, Quebec City, La Peinture française depuis 1870: Collection Maurice Wertheim, July 12–August 7, 1949, no. 11, pp. 30–32.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, A Collector's Exhibition: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Collections of Members of the Advisory Committee of the Institute of Fine Arts, February 6–25, 1950, no. 10.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, Modern French Art: Monet to Picasso, June 17–September 4, 1960, no number, ill., p. 6.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Maurice Wertheim Collection: Manet to Picasso, June 13–September 2, 1962, no number, pp. 12–13, pl. 1.
Japan Art Center, Tokyo, The Great Masters of Modern Painting, 1972, no number, p. 117, pl. 29.
Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, Cologne, Kubismus, May 26–July 25, 1982, no number, pp. 15–17, 23.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Paul Cézanne." In Impressionisten: Guys, Manet, van Gogh, Pissarro, Cézanne. Munich and Leipzig: R. Piper & Co., 1907, ill. p. 205, as Stilleben, c. 1889.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 171.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 207.
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 149.
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 102.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LXXII.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 497, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte à la commode.
Bagarry, Adrien-Pierre. "Le centenaire de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 22, no. 1 (March 1939), colour plate following p. 8, as Nature morte à la commode, 1883, Private collection.
Adlow, Dorothy. "A Painting by Paul Cézanne." Christian Science Monitor (July 16, 1946), p. 6, ill. (with no. 635).
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Today's Collectors: Modern Milestones." Art News 45, no. 4 (June 1946), p. 29, ill.
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 411, ill.
Coolidge, John. "The Wertheim Collection." Harvard Alumni Bulletin (July 7, 1951), p. 757, ill. (with FWN 807).
Sérullaz, Maurice. Les Peintres Impressionnistes. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1959, p. 125, ill., as La commode, dated 1883–87.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 15 (with comments).
Fischer, Brigitte Bermann. Sie schrieben mir. Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch, 1981, pp. 47–48.
Mortimer, Kristin A. Harvard University Art Museums, A Guide to the Collections. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985, p. 196, no. 224, ill.
O'Brian, John. Degas to Matisse, The Maurice Wertheim Collection. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988, pp. 84–86, no. 17, 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. 634, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte à la commode.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte Cézannes in Deutschland." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 152, ill.
Bandera, Maria Cristina. "Cézanne, Morandi e Carrà." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 107, fig. 3.
Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's 'Primitive' Perspective, or the 'View from Everywhere.'" The Art Bulletin 95, no. 1 (March 2013), fig. 13.
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 177 p. 185.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte à la commode, 1887–88 (FWN 808)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=936 (accessed on April 18, 2024).
