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)
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Tony Querrec; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay)
FWN 1924
Le Cruchon vert
1885–87
Alternate titles: La brocca verde; La cruche verte; Le cruchon; Le pot vert; Nature morte, la cruche verte; The Green Jar; The Green Pitcher; The Green Pot
Rewald (W192); Venturi revised: 1893–95; Venturi (1138): 1885–95; Gowing: c.1890
Graphite and watercolor on paper, slightly yellowed
8 11/16 x 9 3/4 in. (22 x 24.7 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895.
Société des peintres-graveurs français, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, XXe exposition including Rétrospectives Paul Cézanne et P.-A. Renoir, aquarelles, dessins, gravures, lithographies, March 24–April 15, 1933, no. 17, as Le pot vert.
Musée d'Allard, Montbrison, October 9–November 14, 1947.
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, Dessins français du Musée du Louvre, March 11–May 17, 1948, no. 116, ill.
Arts Council of Great Britain, St. James's Square Gallery, London, French Drawings from Fouquet to Gauguin, February 2–March 16, 1952, no. 13, as The Green Jar, 1885-95, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 71, ill. in b/w, pl. XXX, as Le cruchon, 1885-1895, lent by Musée du Louvre.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 68, 1885-95, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 83, 1885/95, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Palazzo di Venezia, Rome, Il disegno francese da Fouquet a Toulouse-Lautrec, December 18, 1959–February 14, 1960, no. 186, ill. in b/w, pl. 94, as La brocca verde, 1885-1895, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris. Traveled to: Palazzo Reale, Milan, March 1–April 26, 1960.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 60, c. 1885-1895.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 30, as Le Cruchon vert, 1890-1892, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Exposition d'art français au Japon 1840–1960, November 3, 1961–January 15, 1962, no. 111, ill. p. 80, as Le pot vert. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, January 26–March 15, 1962.
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aargau, Switzerland, Handzeichnungen und Aquarelle aus den Museen Frankreichs, 1963, no. 99. Traveled to: Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, Hyldest til Fransk Kunst (Hommage à l'art français), Summer 1967, no. 43, ill., as Le pot vert, c. 1885-95, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Troyes, France, Renoir et ses amis, 1969, no. 52, as Nature morte, la cruche verte, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 56, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 162, as The Green Jar, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 57, ill., as Le Cruchon vert, 1885-1887.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 108, ill. in color, p. 288, as Le Cruchon vert, 1885-1887, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris, shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Musée du Louvre-Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris, Réserves: les suspens du dessin, November 22, 1995–February 9, 1996, no. 54, ill. in color, as Le Cruchon vert.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 27, ill. p. 50, as Le Cruchon vert, c. 1875-87, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolor, October 12, 2004–January 2, 2005, pl. 4, as The Green Pot.
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, La splendeur des Camondo, de Constantinople à Paris (1806-1945), November 6, 2009–March 7, 2010, no. 160, as Le Cruchon vert.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Les archives de rêve. Dessins du musée d'Orsay – Carte blanche à Werner Spies, March 25–June 30, 2014, p. 343 and 420, ill., as Le Cruchon vert, 1885-1887 (Vienna ed.of cat.: p. 259 and 332, ill.) Traveled to: Albertina, Vienna, January 30–May 3, 2015 (Archiv der Träume. Meisterwerke aus dem Musée d'Orsay).
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 197, Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Published References
Paul Vitry, Carle Dreyfus, Paul Leprieur... [et al.]. Catalogue de la Collection Isaac de Camondo. Paris: Musée national du Louvre, 1922, no. 212, as Le pot vert.
Album Quatre Chemins. Cézanne – Six aquarelles reproduites en fac-similé (Deuxième Album). Paris: Quatre Chemins, n.d. [1936], pl. 4.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1138, ill. vol. II, as Le cruchon.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, p. 50, no. 49, as The Green Jar, 1885-95.
Sérullaz, Maurice. Cézanne: quinze aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Daniel Jacomet, 1971, pl. 5, as La cruche verte, c.1885-95.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 4, ill.
Gowing, Lawrence. "The Logic of Organized Sensations." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 58, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 192, ill. and color pl. 32.
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 6, ill.
Los Llanos, José de. L'Aquarelle de Dürer à Kandinsky. Vanves [Paris]: Editions Hazan, 1996, pp. 183, 184, ill. p. 185.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 124, fig. 3.24, as Le Cruchon vert.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 292; vol. 2, p.191, as Le Cruchon vert.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 89, fig. 62.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 611, no. 1462, ill. in color, as Le Cruchon vert, c. 1885-1887.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 280, fig. 197, dated 1888–90.
Record last updated June 21, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Cruchon vert, 1885–87 (FWN 1924), slightly yellowed." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1172 (accessed on October 7, 2024).
