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Catalogue entry

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

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Count Isaac de Camondo, Paris (Dec. 5, 1895);
Madame Bertrand-Berthet
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (April 17, 1916)
Dikran K. Kelekian, Paris and New York (July 4, 1916);
Kelekian Collection, American Art Association, New York, Jan. 30–31, 1922, no. 31
Fearon Galleries, New York
Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, New York;
Sullivan Collection, Parke-Bernet, New York, Dec. 6-7, 1939, no. 156, ill.
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York;
Sotheby's, London, Aprill 21, 1971, no. 10, ill.; bought in
Stephen Hahn, New York;
A. Elizabeth Hahn, Los Angeles
Christie's, New York, Nov. 18, 1998, no. 9, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1921 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, Paintings by Modern French Masters Representing the Post-Impressionists and Their Predecessors, April 1921, no. 26, as Geranium.
1933 Springfield
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Massachusetts, Opening Exhibition, October 7–November 2, 1933, no. 104.
1937 San Francisco
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.
1941 Richmond and traveling
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.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
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.
1984 New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, XIX and XX Century Master Drawings and Watercolors, April 24–May 19, 1984, no. 2, ill.
1989 London
Lefevre Gallery, London, Important Works on Paper, June 26–July 28, 1989, no. 5.
Published References
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. CIII p. 139.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1122, ill. vol. II, as Géranium.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 214, ill.
Dauberville 2020
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 18, 2024).