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 1908
Pommes et poires
1882–85
Alternate titles: Apples and Pears; Les Pommes
Rewald (W195); Venturi revised: 1875–77; Venturi (1619): 1883–87
Graphite and watercolor on paper
8 7/16 x 12 9/16 in. (21.5 x 32 cm)
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Exhibition History
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 36, as Pommes et poires, 1883-87, lent by Alex Lewyt, New York. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cezanne Watercolors, January 30–February 18, 1956, no. 4, ill. lent by Mr. & Mrs. Alex M. Lewyt.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 63, ill. lent by Mr. and Mrs. Alex M. Lewyt.
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 8, ill.
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolor, October 12, 2004–January 2, 2005, pl. 13, as Apples and Pears.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 201, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1619, ill. vol. II, as Pommes et poires.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 195, ill.
Mitchell, Mark D. "A New Tradition: Cézanne, Demuth, and the Invention of Modern Watercolor." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 291, fig. 10.12.
Record last updated March 1, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pommes et poires, 1882–85 (FWN 1908)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1175 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
