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Catalogue entry

FWN 1920
Les Pots de géraniums
c.1885
Alternate titles: Géranium; Géraniums; Pot de fleurs
Rewald (W213); Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (1121): 1888–90
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
12 3/16 x 10 5/8 in. (31 x 27 cm)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Maurice Gangnat, Paris
Gangnat Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 25, 1925, no. 161, ill.; bought in
Philippe Gangnat, Paris;
Sotheby's, London, Dec, 4, 1968, no. 28, ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.;
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1995)
Exhibition History
1935b Paris
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
1950d Paris
Galerie Baugin, Paris, Aquarelles de Cezanne, May 15–June 10, 1950, no. 7, as Géraniums, 1888-90.
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. 11, as Géraniums, 1888-90.
2009 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, ill., pl. 170, p. 460.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 88, ill. 1888–90, shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Charensol 1925
Charensol, Georges. "La vente Gagnat." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 14 (July 15, 1925), p. 27, as Géranium.
Werth 1925
Werth, Leon. "La collection Gangnat." L'Amour de l'art 6, no. 2 (February 1925), ill. p. 55, as Géranium.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1121, ill. vol. II, as Géranium.
Schmidt 1952
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 20.
Coplans 1967
Coplans, John. "Cézanne watercolors." In Cézanne watercolors. Los Angeles: The Ward Richie Press, 1967, p. 10, ill.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 213, ill and color pl. 23.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 104, ill.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 272, fig. 1.
Landrot 2010
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 29, ill.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 286, fig. 203.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 287bis, ill., as Pot de fleurs.
Record last updated March 17, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les Pots de géraniums, c.1885 (FWN 1920)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1193 (accessed on May 18, 2024).