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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
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FWN 3010-02a
La Buire et la soupière
1888–90 (possibly earlier)
Alternate titles: Pot and Soup-tureen; The Cruet and the Soup Tureen; Zátiší
Rewald (W294); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (848): c.1890
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, p. II from the EH II sketchbook
4 13/16 x 8 7/16 in. (12.3 x 21.5 cm)
Provenance
Georges Bernheim, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (Oct. 6, 1919)
Baron Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe and Paris (July 7, 1921);
sequestered by the French Government (1944); returned to the Japanese Government (1959)
Exhibition History
1920a New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cezanne Watercolors, February 10–21, 1920, .1923a Prague
S.V.U. Mánes, Municipal House, Prague, Francouzské umění XIX. a XX. století [French Art of the 19th–20th Centuries], May 26–June 1923, no. 153, as Zátiší, lent by Kojiro Matsukata.1924–25 San Francisco
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Inaugural Exposition of French Art, 1924–25, no. 5, (section: Painting: Retrospective Exposition), as The Cruet and the Soup Tureen, lent by Private collection; as no. 428 in Rewald 1983a.1947 Strasbourg and traveling
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, France, Les origines de l'art contemporain: la peinture française de Manet à Bonnard, November 1947–March 1948, no. 56, as La Buire et la soupière, Collection M.[atsukata]. Traveled to: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, November 1947–March 1948; Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, Besançon, November 1947–March 1948.1953 Aix-en-Provence and traveling
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 40, as La Buire et la soupière, c. 1890, lent by Private collection, Paris. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.1958 Paris
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, De l'Impressionnisme à nos jours, opening June 27, 1958, no. 29, ill., pl. 6, as La Buire et la soupière, lent by the French State.1960 Tokyo
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Masterpieces of the ex-Matsukata Collection, May 14–July 10, 1960, no. 10.1962–79 Kobe and traveling
The Hakutsuru Museum, Kobe, Japan, The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, October 20–November 5, 1962. Traveled to: The Art Gallery of Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya, November 17–December 9, 1962; The Shimane Prefectural Museum, Matsue, October 5–20, 1963; The Ishibashi Museum, Kurume, October 26–November 10, 1963; The Nakajima Sports Center of Hokkaido, Hokkaida, Japan, August 22–September 13, 1964; The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa, September 22–October 10, 1965; The Cultural Center of Okayama Prefecture, Okayama, October 20–November 7, 1965; The Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Wakayama, October 15–November 4, 1966; The Cultural Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, November 12–27, 1966; Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, Nagasaki, October 18–November 15, 1970; The Toyama Prefectural Center Museum of Art, Toyama, Japan, October 2–24, 1971; The Yamagata Museum, Yamagata, November 1–30, 1975; The Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, Japan, October 9–November 7, 1976; The Nara Prefectural Museum, Nara, Japan, October 15–November 13, 1977; The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, Japan, December 20, 1978–January 31, 1979.1969 Tokyo
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Les Cent Chefs-d'Oeuvres du Musee National d'Art Occidental, 1969, no. 10, ill.1982 Liège and traveling
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 30, ill., as La Buire et la soupière, 1890, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 30, ill., as La Buire et la soupière, 1890, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; not shown.1986 Tokyo and traveling
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 52, ill. lent by National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.1989 Kobe
Kobe City Museum, Japan, The Old Matsukata Collection, September 14–November 26, 1989, no. 37, p. 165, ill. in color p. 35, as Pot and Soup-tureen, 1890, lent by The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.1997 Osaka
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, Expressiveness of Materials, April 19–June 22, 1997, no. 23.2001 Tokyo
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, French Masterpiece Drawings from The National Museum of Western Art, March 27–June 24, 2001, no. 23.2010a Tokyo
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Modern Drawings from The National Museum of Western Art: Selections from the Matsukata Collection and Post-1959 Acquisitions, February 23–May 30, 2010, no. 10.2019 Tokyo
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Matsukata collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey, June 11–September 23, 2019, no. 123, listed p. 370, ill. p. 216, as Pot and Soup-tureen, c. 1888-90.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 50, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 848, ill. vol. II, as La Buire et la soupière.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. XVII, listed p. 181.La Collection Matsukata 1955
Tokyo, 1955, pl. 20.Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 56.Musée National d'Art Occidental/Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan 1961
Musée National d'Art Occidental. Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan sōmokuroku (Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental). Tokyo: Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan, 1961, no. P-44, ill.Musée National d'Art Occidental/Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan 1964
Musée National d'Art Occidental/Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan. Guide du Musèe national d'art occidental = Guide to the National Museum of Western Art. Tokyo: Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan, 1964, p. 44, ill.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 294, ill.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 194, ill.Kobe City Museum 1990
Kobe City Museum. The Old Matsukata Collection, Matsukata Korekushon Ten. Kobe: Jikkoiinkai, 1990, no. 376.National Museum of Western Art 2018b
The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. 2, Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works. Tokyo: National Museum of Western Art, 2018, p. 119, no. 1486, ill., as Pot and Soup-tureen, c. 1888-90.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 293, ill., as La Buire et la soupière (verso not mentioned).Related
Record last updated November 11, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Buire et la soupière, 1888–90 (possibly earlier) (FWN 3010-02a), p. II from the EH II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1275&sketchbook=3010 (accessed on May 2, 2024).
