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Catalogue entry

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

Keywords

Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf and Berlin (July 23, 1910)
Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin and Lausanne (1929)
Josef Stransky, New York (1929)
Wildenstein Galleries, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hirschland, New York;
Christie's, New York, May 9, 2007, no. 17, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1907d Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Les aquarelles de Cézanne, June 17–29, 1907, no. 26, as Feuilles.
1907 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, X. Jahrgang, 1907/1908, I. Ausstellung, September 30–October 18, 1907, no. 22, as Blätter, tentative identification.
1908 Dresden
Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Dresden, Germany, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, April–May 1908, no. 20, as Blätter.
1911 Düsseldorf
Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, Ausstellung des Sonderbundes westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May 20–July 2, 1911, no. 103.
1912 Cologne
Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Cologne, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May 25–September 30, 1912, no. 151, as Blumen in grunem Topf.
1913 Düsseldorf
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf, Germany, Eröffnungskatalog, 1913, No no., ill., p. 58.
1921 Berlin
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 ?
1927e Berlin
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Cézanne, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen; Bronzen von Edgar Degas, May 19–June 16, 1927, no. 6, as Der grüne Topf, for sale.
1930c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Summer Exhibition, June–September 1930, no. 17.
1933–34 Worcester
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, Loan Exhibition of the New Museum Building, 1933–34, No no.
1936a London
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.
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 76, as Fliederstrauss, c. 1890, lent by Gallery Wildenstein, London.
1939h New York
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 24, as Feuilles dans un vase vert.
1939–40 Columbus
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.
1943 Washington, D.C.
Whyte Gallery, Washington, D.C., Nineteenth Century French Masters, 1943, no. 1, ill.
1947b New York
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.
1952 Chicago and traveling
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.
1954c New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Magic of Flowers in Painting, April 13–May 15, 1954, no. 8.
1956c New York
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.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 73, ill. lent by Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Hirschland.
1963f New York
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
Marées-Gesellschaft 1918
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 1921
Salmon, André. "La Captivité de Cézanne." Der Querschnitt 11, no. 7 (Christmas 1921), p. d, ill., as Der grüne Topf.
Salmon 1927
Salmon, André. "Unbekannte Zeichnungen von Cézanne." Der Querschnitt 7, no. 4 (April 1927), ill. after p. 286, as Der grüne Topf.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LXXXII.
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, p. 78, ill.
Flint 1931
Flint, Ralph. "The Private Collection of Josef Stransky." Art News XXIX, no. 33 (May 16, 1931), as La Plante.
Cott 1933
Cott, Perry B. "The Stransky Collection of Modern Art." Bulletin of the Worcester Art Museum 23, no. 4 (Winter 1933), p. 137, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1117, ill. vol. II, as Feuilles dans un vase vert.
Craven 1939
Craven, Thomas. A Treasury of Art Masterpieces: From the Renaissance to Present Day. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939, ill.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 100.
Nicodemi 1944
Nicodemi, Giogio. Cézanne: 76 Disegni. Milan: Görlich, 1944, p. 47, ill.
Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 38, ill.
Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, p. 176, pl. 56.
Pantheon 1947
Pantheon. Cezanne 10 Water Colors. New York: Pantheon, 1947, no. [06], as Leaves in a Vase, 1890-95, Collection Paul Hirschland, New York.
Schmidt 1952
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 21.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 85.
Coplans 1967
Coplans, John. "Cézanne watercolors." In Cézanne watercolors. Los Angeles: The Ward Richie Press, 1967, p. 9, ill.
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, color pl. XI.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 374, ill.
Schaefer 2012
Schaefer, Barbara, ed. "Sonderbundausstellung 1912 - Rekonstruktion." 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes. Cologne: Wienend, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, no. 151, p. 557.
Dascher 2013
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 and Feilchenfeldt 2013b
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 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 284, fig. 201.
Dauberville 2020
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. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1355 (accessed on March 28, 2024).