Catalogue entry

FWN 708

La Pendule noire

1867–69

Alternate titles: Die schwarze Uhr; Die Stutzuhr; La Pendule; La pendule de marbre noir; La pendule or Nature morte (coquillage et pendule); Nature morte à la pendule; Nature morte à la pendule de marbre; Still Life; Still Life with Black Clock; Stilleben mit der Muschel; Stilleben mit schwarzer Uhr; Stilleben mit Uhr; The Black Clock

Rewald (136): 1867–69; Venturi revised: c.1870; Venturi (69): 1869–71; Rivière: c.1870; Cooper: c.1871–72; Gowing: 1870 (Burlington) and c.1870 (London); Machotka et al: 1869–70

Oil on canvas

21 1/4 x 29 1/8 in. (54 x 74 cm)

Vollard archives: photo no. 327, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1865–70

Private collection

Keywords

Still-life objects
Edibles and Flowers:
- lemon / citron »
Still-life objects
Dishes and Vessels:
- cup / tasse »
Still-life objects
Miscellaneous:
- clock / pendule / horloge »
- ink pot / encrier »
- shell / coquillage »
- white cloth / nappe blanche »
Interiors
Furnishings:
- mirror / miroir »

Provenance

Émile Zola, Médan;

Zola Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Mar. 9–13, 1903, no. 114

Auguste Pellerin, Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (February 6, 1909)

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Galerie Miethke, Vienna (Apr. 11, 1911)

Baron Adolf Kohner, Budapest (Feb. or Mar. 1911)

Paul Rosenberg, Paris (1930)

Wildenstein Galleries, New York (by 1932)

Edward G. Robinson, Beverly Hills (Jan. 1937)

Knoedler Galleries, New York (Feb. 25, 1957)

Stavros Niarchos, Paris;

Private collection

Exhibition History

1907a Paris

Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 8, as La Pendule, lent by Pellerin.

1909 Munich

Munich, Frühjahr-Ausstellung der Münchener Sezession, Spring 1909, no. 21, as Stilleben mit der Muschel, lent by Vollard.

1909b Berlin

Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 21, as Stilleben mit Uhr, lent by Vollard.

1911 Vienna

Galerie Miethke, Dorotheergasse 11, Vienna, Kollektiv-Ausstellung Max Kurzweil und Carl Moll, March 4–30, 1911, as Nature morte (pendule et coquille), 20,000 Fr net.

1913 Budapest

Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary, [The Great French Masters of the XIXth Century], Autumn 1913, no. 76, as Still Life, lent by Kohner.

1919 Budapest

Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary, First Exhibition of Socialized Art Treasures, 1919, no. 21, lent by Kohner.

1932 London

Royal Academy of Arts, London, French Art, January 4–March 12, 1932, no. 441, ill. p. 70 in An Illustrated Souvenir ..., as La pendule de marbre noir, lent by Wildenstein & Co, NY; Commemorative Catalogue: no. 278, pl. 138.

1933b Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 320, (dated c. 1870), lent by Wildenstein & Co, New York.

1936c Paris

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 11, pl. XXXII, as La pendule de marbre noir, lent by Georges Wildenstein.

1939f New York

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Art in Our Time: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, May 10–September 10, 1939, no. 55, ill.

1941 Washington, D.C.

Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Functions of Colors in Painting, February 16–March 23, 1941, no. 5.

1950–51a Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia, Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Masterpieces of Painting, November 4, 1950–February 11, 1951, no. 84, ill., as The Black Clock, lent by E.G. Robinson.

1951d New York

Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Wildenstein Jubilee Loan Exhibition, 1901–1951: Masterpieces from Museums and Private Collections, November 8–December 15, 1951, no. 48, ill.

1952 Chicago and traveling

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 11, ill. lent by E.G. Robinson. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.

1953a New York

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paintings from the Edward G. Robinson Collection, March 3–April 12, 1953, no. 5.

1956–57 Los Angeles and traveling

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The Gladys Lloyd and Edward G. Robinson Collection, September 11–November 11, 1956, no. 7, ill., as The Black Clock, 1869-71. Traveled to: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, November 30, 1956–January 13, 1957.

1957–58 New York and traveling

Knoedler Galleries, New York, The Niarchos Collection, December 3, 1957–January 18, 1958, no. 5. Traveled to: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, February 5–March 2, 1958; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 15–April 20, 1958.

1958 London

Tate Gallery, London, The Niarchos Collection: collection of paintings and sculpture, May 23–June 29, 1958, as The Black Clock.

1959 Zurich

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung S. Niarchos, 1959, no. 29, pl. VI.

1961 Vienna

Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 5.

1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling

Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 2. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.

1974–75 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Centenaire de l'impressionnisme, September 24–November 24, 1974, no. 5, ill., as Nature morte à la pendule de marbre, lent by Stavros S. Niarchos. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition, New York, December 12, 1974–February 10, 1975.

1988–89a London and traveling

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 49, ill. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.

1994–95 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Impressionnisme: Les origines, 1859–1869, April 19–August 8, 1994, no. 31, p. 350, fig. 190. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Origins of Impressionism, September 19, 1994–January 8, 1995.

2011–12 Paris

Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 54, ill., p. 113, as La Pendule noire, 1869-70, lent by Private collection.

Published References

Meier-Graefe 1910

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 77.

Haberfeld 1911

Haberfeld, Hugo. "Die französische Bilder der Sammlung Köhner." Der Cicerone 3, no. 15 (August 1911), p. 588, fig.7 p. 586.

Meller 1911

Meller, Simon. "Kohner Adolf muvészeti gyujtemény." Vasárnapi Ujság, April 30, 1911, p. 354.

Burger 1913

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1913, pl. 118, as Die Stutzuhr.

Meier-Graefe 1913

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 74.

Denis 1914

Denis, Maurice. "Cézanne: I [and] II." Kunst und Künstler 12, no. 4 and no. 5 (1914), ill. p. 208.

Meier-Graefe 1918a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. opposite p. 88.

Burger 1919

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1919, p. 119.

Burger 1920

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1920, pl. 119.

Bye 1921

Bye, Arthur Edwin. Pots and Pans or Studies in Still Life Painting. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1921, pp. 137–38.

Zeisho 1921

Zeisho, Atzouji. Paul Cézanne. Tokyo: Rakuyodo, Taisho, 1921, fig. 20.

Meier-Graefe 1922

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 117, as Stilleben mit schwarzer Uhr, c. 1870.

Burger 1923

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1923, pl. 118.

Lehel 1923

Lehel, Ferenc. Cézanne. Budapest: Amicus Kiadasa, 1923, fig. 5.

Meier-Graefe 1923

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 29.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 199, listed.

Meier-Graefe 1924

Tolnay 1924

Tolnay, Károly. "Cézanne történeti helye." Ars Una 1:6 (March 1924), p. 212.

Pfister 1927

Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 25, as Stilleben mit Uhr.

Meier-Graefe 1927a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. V.

Chroniquer 1929

Chroniquer. "The Art Collector: The Collection of Baron Adolf Kohner." Kepzomuvészet 3, no. 16 (January 1929), p. 16.

Formes 1931

"Enquête sur l'art français." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 20 (December 1931), ill. between 186-187, as Nature morte à la pendule.

Wilenski 1931

Wilenski, R.H. French Painting. Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1931, pl. 131b.

Borenius 1932

Borenius, Tancred. "Die Ausstellung französischer Kunst in London." Pantheon 9 (March 1932), p. 90, ill.

Espezel 1932

Espezel, Pierre de. "L'Exposition de l'art français à Londres: L'art français du temps présent." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 7, periode 6 (January 1932), p. 98, fig. 1.

Furst 1933

Furst, Herbert. "From Ingres to Cézanne." Apollo 18, no. 103 (July 1933), p. 11, ill.

Jamot 1934

Jamot, Paul. La Peinture en France. Paris: Plon, 1934, p. 216, ill.

Phillips 1935

Phillips, Duncan. "Personality in Art: II: Reflections on Its Suppression and the Present Need for Its Fulfillment." The American Magazine of Art 28, no.3 (March 1935), ill. p. 152.

Besson 1936

Besson, George (introduction). "Paul Cézanne: 1839–1906." Estampes. Paris: Braun & Cie, August 1936 (no. 4), fig. 6 p. 4.

Flament 1936

Flament, Albert. "Tableaux de Paris: Peinture." La Revue de Paris (Paris) (September 1936), p. 949, as La pendule de marbre noir.

Gillet 1936

Gillet, Louis. "Autour de l'exposition de l'Orangerie: la légende de saint Paul Cézanne." Paris-soir (Paris), May 25, 1936, p. 4, as La Pendule.

Guenne 1936

Guenne, Jacques. "Paul Cézanne et le drame de la peinture." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 204 (1936), ill. p. [155].

Laprade 1936

Laprade, Jacques de. "L'exposition Cézanne à l'Orangerie." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 177 (May 22, 1936), ill. p. 1, as Nature morte à la pendule.

Rydbeck 1936

Rydbeck, Ingrid. "Apropå Cézanne." Konstrevy (Stockholm) XII, no. 5 (1936), ill. p. 137, as Nature morte à la pendule.

Tourrette 1936

Tourrette, Gilles de la. "Paul Cézanne." Art et les Artistes 32 (July 1936), p. 336, ill., as La pendule de marbre noir, dated circa 1870.

D'Ors 1936b

Ors, Eugenio d.' "Crise de Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 15, periode 6 (June 1936), p. 369, fig. 6, as Nature morte à la pendule.

Huyghe 1936b

Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 40 p. 167, as Nature morte à la pendule, c. 1870.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 69, ill. vol. II, as La Pendule noire.

Huyghe 1936c

Huyghe, René. "L'Exposition Cézanne à l'Orangerie." Bulletin des musées de France 8, no. 6 (June 1936), p. 94, ill.

Huyghe 1936d

Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 15.

Rewald 1936e

Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 17.

Laver 1937

Laver, James. French Painting and the Nineteenth Century. London: B.T. Batsford, 1937, fig. 111.

Novotny 1937

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 10.

Vollard 1937

Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 4.

Rewald 1937a

Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 56, as La Pendule noire.

Goldwater 1938

Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 140, ill. JW: ? (in notebooks).

Zervos 1938

Zervos, Christian. Histoire de l'art contemporain. Paris: Éditions Cahiers d'art, 1938, p. 26, ill.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 14, ill. p. 162.

Denis 1939

Denis, Maurice. "L'aventure posthume de Cézanne." Prométhée: L'Amour de l'art 20, no. 6 (July 1939), p. 194, as La Pendule noire.

Read, Helen Appleton. "Art in Our Time." Magazine of Art 32 (June 1939), p. 340, ill.

Cogniat 1939a

Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 14.

Beaux-arts 1939c

"L'art de notre temps: la grande exposition du Musée d'art moderne de New-York." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 336 (June 9, 1939), ill. p. 1, as La Pendule noire.

Rewald 1939c

Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 20.

Faure 1941

Faure, Élie. Historie de l'Art, vol. IV. Paris: Plon, 1941, p. 204, ill.

Graber 1942

Graber, Hans. Paul Cézanne. Basel: Schwabe, 1942, ill. opp. p. 40.

Millier 1942

Millier, Arthur. "Edward G. Robinson on Art." Magazine of Art 35 (November 1942), p. 259, ill.

Millier 1944

Millier, Arthur. "Edward G. Robinson's Collection: An Interview." Art in America 32 (October 1944), p. 224, ill.

Rilke 1944

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Lettres sur Cézanne. Paris: Editions Correa, 1944, p. 172.

Jewell 1944a

Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 29, ill.

MacColl 1945

MacColl, Dugald Sutherland. Life, Work and Setting of Philip Wilson Steer. London: Faber and Faber, 1945, p. 87.

Rewald 1946

Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 210, ill.

Schildt 1946

Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 22.

Cheney 1947

Cheney, Sheldon. The Story of Modern Art. New York: Viking Press, 1947, p. 213, ill.

Novotny 1947

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 11, as La Pendule noire, 1869-70.

Vaudoyer 1947

Vaudoyer, Jean-Louis. Les Peintres provençaux de Nicolas Froment à Paul Cezanné. Paris: La Jeune Parque, 1947, p. 88, ill.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 17,listed p. 144.

Rewald 1948b

Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 32.

Guerry 1950

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 9, fig. 4.

Jourdain 1950

Jourdain, Francis. Cézanne. Paris: Braun, 1950, ill.

Rewald 1950a

Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 19.

Venturi 1950a

Venturi, Lionello. Impressionists and Symbolists: Manet, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Scribner, 1950, fig. 121.

Rilke 1952

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Briefe über Cézanne. Wiesbaden: Insel, 1952, Letter to Clara Rilke, Paris, Oct. 24, 1904 (quoted above, author's translation).

Sterling 1952

Sterling, Charles. La Nature morte. Paris: P. Tisné, 1952, p. 92, pl. 92.

Schapiro 1952a

Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 37–38, ill.

Hofmann 1953

Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 10, as Die schwarze Uhr, c. 1870.

Rousseau 1953

Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 10.

Raynal 1954

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 33.

Beucken 1955

Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], pp. 100, 151, 294.

Leymarie 1955

Leymarie, Jean. L'Impressionnisme, vol. 2. Geneva: Skira, 1955, p. 63, ill.

Elles 1958

Elles, Iris. Das Stilleben in der französischen Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. Zurich: Origo Verl, 1958, p. 100.

Adhémar 1960

Adhémar, Jean. "Le cabinet de travail de Zola." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 56, periode 6 (November 1960), pp. 293 et 294 (no. 131).

Hofmann 1960

Hofmann, Werner. Das irdische Paradies. Munich: Prestel, 1960, pl. 146.

Uchida 1960

Uchida, Sono. Cézanne. Tokyo: Misuzu-Shobo, 1960, p. 19, ill.

Novotny 1961

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 5.

Rewald 1961

Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 248, ill.

Taillandier 1961

Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 12.

Beucken 1962

Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 44, ill.

Feist 1963

Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, p. 24, pl. 15, referenced on p. 24.

Verlet 1963

"Stavros Niarchos." In Great Private Collections. New York: Macmillan, 1963, p. 195, ill.

McCoubrey 1964

McCoubrey, John. "The Revival of Chardin in French Still-Life Paintings, 1850–1870." The Art Bulletin 46, no. 1 (March 1964), p. 52, fig. 19.

Guerry 1966

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 9.

Pool 1967

Pool, Phoebe. Impressionism. New York: Praeger, 1967, pl. 141, as The Black Clock, dated 1870.

Murphy 1968

Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 31.

Schapiro 1968

Schapiro, Meyer. "The Apples of Cézanne: An Essay on the Meaning of Still-Life." Art News Annual 34 (1968), pp. 40–41.

Brion 1971

Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 74.

Elderfield 1971

Elderfield, John. "Drawing in Cézanne." Artforum 9, no. 10 (June 1971), p. 55.

Erpel 1973

Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1973, no. 3.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 3, with comments.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 19.

Wadley 1975

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 22.

Geist 1978

Geist, Sidney. "What Makes 'The Black Clock' Run." Art International 22, no. 2 (February 1978), pp. 9–10, ill.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 57, ill.

Ponente 1980

Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 2.

Plazy 1981

Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, pp. 84–85.

Müller 1982

Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 2.

Bernard, B. 1986

Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 241, ill.

Erpel 1988

Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1988, no. 7.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 127, ill. in color.

Plazy 1988

Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 34, ill. in color.

Düchting 1989

Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 56, ill.

Wadley 1989

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 29, ill. in color.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 45, fig. 32.

Baron and Bonafoux 1993

Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 17, ill.

Cachin and Rishel 1995

Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 27, ill.

Dossier de l'art 1995

Dossier de l'art. no. 25, Cézanne. Dijon: Editions Faton, September - October 1995, ill. p. 79, 1869-71.

Kitschen 1995

Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 13.

Cahn 1995b

Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 41, ill.

Rewald 1996

Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 136, ill. vol. 2, as La Pendule noire.

Klemm 1999

Klemm, Christian. "Paul Cézanne 'Paul Alexis liest Zolar vor.'" In Manet, Zola, Cézanne: Das Porträt des Modernen Literaten. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 7.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 87, fig. 49.

Lewis 2002

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "The Path to Les Lauves: A History of Cézanne's Studios." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 8, ill. in color.

Mori 2002

Mori, Gioia. "'La letteratura si esprime con astrazioni mentre il pittore concretizza.' Gli scrittori di Cézanne: Zola, Balzac e Flaubert." In Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni. Milan: Mazzotta, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 83.

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 91, fig. 2.41, as La Pendule noire.

Nagai 2003

Nagaï, Takanori. "Cézanne and Time." 2001.

Schmidt 2004a

Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 77.

Feilchenfeldt 2005c

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 202, ill.

Lebensztejn 2006

Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude. Études cézanniennes. Paris: Flammarion, 2006, p. 19, fig. 4, as La Pendule noire, dated c. 1870.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 69; vol. 2, p. 63, as La Pendule noire.

Leca 2011

Leca, Benedict. "Le Monde est une pomme: nature mortes et portraits parisiens de Cézanne." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 113, ill., as La Pendule noire, dated 1869–70.

Fraisset 2011a

Fraisset, Michel. "La vite silenziose di Cézanne." In Cézanne: les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 62, fig. 36.

Coutagne 2011d

Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 205, fig. 142.

Molnos 2012

Molnos, Péter. "The Works of Paul Cézanne in Hungarian Private Collections." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 207, fig. 115, as The Black Clock, Private collection.

Cézanne 2013

Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 167, ill.

Dombrowski 2013

Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, pl. 11.

Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013d

Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektion Paul Cézanne: 17. November bis 12. Dezember 1909." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910. vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 289, ill.

Leca 2014

Leca, Benedict. "'The Painter of Apples': Cézanne, Still Life, and Self-Fashioning." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 34, fig. 3, as Still Life with Black Clock.

Mitterand 2016

Mitterand, Henri. Paul Cézanne, Émile Zola, Lettres croisées, 1858–1887. Paris: Gallimard, 2016, fig. 17, dated 1869–70.

Armstrong 2018

Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 16.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 54, ill., as La pendule or Nature morte (coquillage et pendule).

Bätschmann 2021

Bätschmann, Oskar. "The Analysis of Heinrich Wölfflin, Fritz Burger, Johannes Itten." In Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 4.

Elderfield 2021

Elderfield, John. "Dr. Barnes's Cézanne." In Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2021, fig. 6, as The Black Clock.

Clark 2022

Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pl. 30.

Groom 2022

Groom, Gloria. "'At Once Unknown and Famous' – Cezanne in Paris." In Cezanne. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2022, p. 26, fig. 4.

Nagaï 2022a

Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 23.

Notes

This still life was painted in Zola's Paris apartment and given to the writer. The influence of Manet and PIssarro is suggested. The faience inkwell is shown on Zola's desk in his portrait by Manet (1868, Musée d'Orsay).

Record last updated March 30, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Pendule noire, 1867–69 (FWN 708)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=146 (accessed on April 26, 2024).