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 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
Exhibition History
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 68, as Le vase bleu, c. 1879-1882, lent by private collection, Paris.
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.
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.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 136, Collection Kate Ganz.
Published References
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, mentioned under no. 125.
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)].
Related
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chappuis II (CP II), 1871–98 (3008)
Sketchbook Chappuis II (CP II), 1871–98 (3008)
The sketchbook originally contained 50 sheets; the pages are numbered on the "a" side at lower right in Roman numerals.
At the time of Chappuis' purchase from Paul Guillaume, the sketchbook was incomplete and a number of pages already dispersed and are still missing.
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Record last updated December 11, 2024. 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&sketchbook=3008 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
