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 1952
Feuilles dans un pot vert
1890–92
Alternate titles: Blätter; Blumen in grunem Topf; Der grüne Topf; Feuilles; Feuilles dans un vase vert; Fliederstrauss; La Plante; Le pot vert or Feuilles; Leaves in a Green Vase; Leaves in a Vase; The plant
Rewald (W374); Venturi revised: 1893–95; Venturi (1117): 1885–95
Watercolor on laid paper
Watermark: MICHALLET
19 15/16 x 13 in. (50.7 x 33 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Les aquarelles de Cézanne, June 17–29, 1907, no. 26, as Feuilles.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, X. Jahrgang, 1907/1908, I. Ausstellung, September 30–October 18, 1907, no. 22, as Blätter, tentative identification.
Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Dresden, Germany, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, April–May 1908, no. 20, as Blätter.
Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, Ausstellung des Sonderbundes westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May 20–July 2, 1911, no. 103.
Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Cologne, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May 25–September 30, 1912, no. 151, as Blumen in grunem Topf.
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf, Germany, Eröffnungskatalog, 1913, No no., ill., p. 58.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 53, as Der grüne Topf, lent by Alfred Flechtheim ?
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Cézanne, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen; Bronzen von Edgar Degas, May 19–June 16, 1927, no. 6, as Der grüne Topf, for sale.
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, Loan Exhibition of the New Museum Building, 1933–34, No no.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, "Collection of a collector": Modern French Paintings from Ingres to Matisse, The Private Collection of the Late Josef Stransky, July 1936, no. 16.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 76, as Fliederstrauss, c. 1890, lent by Gallery Wildenstein, London.
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 24, as Feuilles dans un vase vert.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Watercolors by Paul Cézanne, December 19, 1939–January 8, 1940, no. 3, ill., (on cover of Monthly Bulletin), as The plant.
Whyte Gallery, Washington, D.C, Nineteenth Century French Masters, 1943, no. 1, ill.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 72, ill. in b/w, p. 71, as Feuilles dans un vase vert, 1885-95, lent by Paul M. Hirschland.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 60, ill., as Leaves in a Green Vase, 1885-95, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Hirschland, New York. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Magic of Flowers in Painting, April 13–May 15, 1954, no. 8.
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cezanne Watercolors, January 30–February 18, 1956, no. 9, ill. lent by Mrs. and Mrs. Paul M. Hirschland.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 73, ill.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 32, pl. XXIX, as Feuilles dans un vase vert, 1890-94, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hirschland, Great Neck, N.Y.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne Aquarelle: Mappe mit zehn Faksimiles nach Aquarellen des Meisters. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1918, pl. V, as Der grüne Topf (A. Flechtheim, Dusseldorf).
Salmon, André. "La Captivité de Cézanne." Der Querschnitt 11, no. 7 (Christmas 1921), p. d, ill., as Der grüne Topf.
Salmon, André. "Unbekannte Zeichnungen von Cézanne." Der Querschnitt 7, no. 4 (April 1927), ill. after p. 286, as Der grüne Topf.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LXXXII.
Flint, Ralph. "The Private Collection of Josef Stransky." Art News XXIX, no. 33 (May 16, 1931), as La Plante.
Cott, Perry B. "The Stransky Collection of Modern Art." Bulletin of the Worcester Art Museum 23, no. 4 (Winter 1933), p. 137, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1117, ill. vol. II, as Feuilles dans un vase vert.
Craven, Thomas. A Treasury of Art Masterpieces: From the Renaissance to Present Day. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939, ill.
Pantheon. Cezanne 10 Water Colors. New York: Pantheon, 1947, no. [06], as Leaves in a Vase, 1890-95, Collection Paul Hirschland, New York.
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 21.
Coplans, John. "Cézanne watercolors." In Cézanne watercolors. Los Angeles: The Ward Richie Press, 1967, p. 9, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 374, ill.
Schaefer, Barbara, ed. "Sonderbundausstellung 1912 - Rekonstruktion." 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes. Cologne: Wienend, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, no. 151, p. 557.
Dascher, Ottfried. "Es ist was Wahnsinniges mit der Kunst" : Alfred Flechtheim - Sammler, Kunsthändler, Verleger. vol. 6, Quellenstudien zur Kunst: eine Schriftenreihe der International Music and Art Foundation, Walter Feilchenfeldt, ed. [Wädenswil]: Nimbus, 2013, listed p. 421, as Feuilles dans un pot vert.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektionen Paul Cézanne, Curt Herrmann, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch: 30. September bis 18. Oktober 1907." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1905-1908. vol. 3, "Den Sinnen ein magischer Rausch". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 508, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 284, fig. 201.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 283, ill., as Le pot vert or Feuilles.
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. "Feuilles dans un pot vert, 1890–92 (FWN 1952)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1355 (accessed on September 22, 2023).
