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 1919
Pot de géranium
c.1885
Alternate titles: Geranium; Géraniums; Pot de fleurs
Rewald (W214); Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (1122): 1883–87
Graphite and watercolor on paper
14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibition History
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, Paintings by Modern French Masters Representing the Post-Impressionists and Their Predecessors, April 1921, no. 26, as Geranium.
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Massachusetts, Opening Exhibition, October 7–November 2, 1933, no. 104.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 40, ill., as Géranium, 1883-87, lent by Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, The Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, January 16–March 4, 1941, no. 33, ill. Traveled to: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, March 29–May 11, 1941.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 69, ill., as Géraniums, c. 1885, lent by Stephen Hahn Gallery, New York. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, XIX and XX Century Master Drawings and Watercolors, April 24–May 19, 1984, no. 2, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1122, ill. vol. II, as Géranium.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 214, ill.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 287, ill., as Pot de fleurs.
Record last updated August 21, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pot de géranium, c.1885 (FWN 1919)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1194 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
