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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 3008-15a
Le Cache-pot bleu
c.1885
Alternate titles: Le vase bleu; Vase bleu
Rewald (W229); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (1539A): 1879–82; Chappuis: c.1882
Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper, p. XV from the CP II sketchbook
4 15/16 x 8 7/16 in. (12.5 x 21.5 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Auguste Pellerin, Paris
M. et Mme René Lecomte (née Pellerin), Paris
Collection Mme X, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, June 8, 1956, no. 3, ill.
Sam Salz, New York
Mrs. Marina Salz, Bedford, Pennsylvania
Marc Salz, Philadelphia
Sotheby's, New York, May 4, 2006, no. 113, ill.
Kate Ganz, New York
Exhibition History
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 68, as Le vase bleu, c. 1879-1882, lent by private collection, Paris.1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 8, pl. IV, as Vase bleu, dated 1879-82, lent by Sam Salz, New York.1983 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections, July 19–August 21, 1983, no. 27, ill., with unrecorded portrait of the artist's son, lent by Marc Salz.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 136, Collection Kate Ganz.Published References
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, mentioned under no. 125.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 229, ill.Notes
A study of the undulating ripples of the cache-pot can be found in the same sketchbook [Etude de boîte posée sur une table; dossier de chaise, 1879–82 (3008-14b)].
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Record last updated February 8, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Cache-pot bleu, c.1885 (FWN 3008-15a), p. XV from the CP II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1209 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
