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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)
Catalogue entry
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
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Count Isaac de Camondo, Paris (bought Dec. 5, 1895; bequeathed to the Louvre in 1908);
Musée du Louvre, Paris (1911, Bequest of Isaac de Camondo; exhibited from 1914 on);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Exhibition History
1895 Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895.1933c Paris
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.1947 Montbrison
Musée d'Allard, Montbrison, October 9–November 14, 1947.1948 Bern
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, Dessins français du Musée du Louvre, March 11–May 17, 1948, no. 116, ill.1952c London
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.1954 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.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 68, 1885-95, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 107.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 83, 1885/95, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.1959–60 Rome and traveling
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, 1960.1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 60, c. 1885-1895.1961 Aix-en-Provence
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.1961–62 Tokyo and traveling
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, 1962.1963 Aargau
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aargau, Switzerland, Handzeichnungen und Aquarelle aus den Museen Frankreichs, 1963, no. 99. Traveled to: Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland.1967 Copenhagen
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.1969 Troyes
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.1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
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, 1973.1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 57, ill., as Le Cruchon vert, 1885-1887.1995–96 Paris and traveling
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, 1996.1995–96a Paris
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.2000 Aix-en-Provence
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.2004–05 Los Angeles
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.2009–10 Paris
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.2014–15a Paris and traveling
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).2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 197, Musée d'Orsay, Paris.Published References
Vitry et al. 1922
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 1936b
Album Quatre Chemins. Cézanne – Six aquarelles reproduites en fac-similé (Deuxième Album). Paris: Quatre Chemins, n.d. [1936], pl. 4.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1138, ill. vol. II, as Le cruchon.Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, p. 50, no. 49, as The Green Jar, 1885-95.Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 53.Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, color pl. V.Sérullaz 1971
Sérullaz, Maurice. Cézanne: quinze aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Daniel Jacomet, 1971, pl. 5, as La cruche verte, c.1885-95.Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 4, ill.Gowing 1977
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 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 192, ill. and color pl. 32.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 106, ill.Baron and Bonafoux 1993
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 6, ill.Terrasse 1995
Terrasse, Antoine. Les aquarelles de Cézanne. Paris: Flammarion, 1995, pp. 64-5, ill.Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 69, ill.Los Llanos 1996
Los Llanos, José de. L'Aquarelle de Dürer à Kandinsky. Vanves [Paris]: Editions Hazan, 1996, pp. 183, 184, ill. p. 185.Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
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 2008
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 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 89, fig. 62.Landrot 2010
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 33, ill.Prat 2011
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 2015
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 May 8, 2024).
