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 1932
Vase de fleurs
1885–88 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Blumenvase (Vase au bouquet); Fleurs; Still life, flowers in a jar; Vase of Flowers
Rewald (W223); Venturi revised: 1895–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 5/16 x 11 13/16 in. (46.6 x 30 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Music and Arts Society, Huntington, United Kingdom, Paintings from the Collections of the Earl of Sandwich and Stanley W. Sykes, 1949, no. 12.
The Lefevre Gallery, London, XIX Century French Masters, June–July 1949, no. 6, as Fleurs, recto of FWN1225, mentioned under no. 6 in the catalogue but probably not shown.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 73 verso, ill. in b/w, as Still life, flowers in a jar, lent by Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, European Drawings from the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1976–77, no. 98.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 87, ill., as Blumenvase (Vase au bouquet), c. 1890, lent by Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Inv.-No. PD.6-1966). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Arts Council of Great Britain, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom, Impressionist Drawings from British Public and Private Collections, March 11–April 20, 1986, no. 10, fig. 65. Traveled to: Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 30–June 1, 1986; The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, United Kingdom, June 7–July 13, 1986.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 91, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 223, ill.
Finch, Christopher. Nineteenth-Century Watercolors. New York, London, Paris: Abbeville Press, 1991, pl. 367, as Vase of Flowers.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, p. 81, fig. 31, as Vase of Flowers, 1890.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 97, fig. 66.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 283, fig. 200.
Record last updated March 23, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Vase de fleurs, 1885–88 (possibly later) (FWN 1932)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1203 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
