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Catalogue entry

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

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
McNeil Reid, London;
Reid & Lefèvre, London
Pearson & Westergaard, London (Nov. 11, 1937)
Sam Salz, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Lewyt, New York (June 1952);
Lewyt Collection, Sotheby's, New York, May 7, 2013, no. 11, ill.
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
1937d London
Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne Watercolours, December 1937, no. 10, as Les Pommes.
1953 Aix-en-Provence and traveling
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.
1956c New York
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cezanne Watercolors, January 30–February 18, 1956, no. 4, ill. lent by Mr. & Mrs. Alex M. Lewyt.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 63, ill. lent by Mr. and Mrs. Alex M. Lewyt.
1967 Pasadena
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 8, ill.
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. 13, as Apples and Pears.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 201, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1619, ill. vol. II, as Pommes et poires.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 195, ill.
Mitchell 2009
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 2, 2024).