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FWN 709
Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain
1867–69
Alternate titles: Narure morte à la bouilloire; Naturaleza muerta con hervidor; Nature morte; Nature morte à la bouilloire d'étain; Nature morte en noir et blanc; Nature morte noire et blanche; Pot verd i cafetera d'estany; Still Life with Green Jar and Pewter Kettle (Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain); Still Life wtih Green Jar and Pewter Kettle; Stilleven in zwart en wit
Rewald (137): 1867–69; Venturi revised: c.1870; Venturi (70): 1871–72; Rivière: 1875; Cooper: 1869–71; Gowing: 1870
Oil on canvas
24 13/16 x 31 1/2 in. (63 x 80 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 154, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1870–75 ; in another hand: Bernheim
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1964 37)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Ivan Shchukin, Paris (Aug. 29, 1897)
La Collection d'un Amateur, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, Mar. 24, 1900, no. 3, ill.
Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris;
Musée du Louvre, Paris (1963);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1963-1986);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986)
Exhibition History
1906 London
New Gallery, London, Exhibition of the International Society, January–February 1906, no. 199, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
1912b Paris
Manzi, Joyant & Cie, l'Hôtel de la revue "Les Arts," Paris, Exposition d'art moderne, June 6–July 6, 1912, no number, [lent by Bernheim-Jeune].
1917 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 33, ill., as Nature morte, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
1926b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 49, as Nature morte noire et blanche, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 14, pl. XXXI, as Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain, lent by MM. J et G. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris [private coll.]
1938b Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 5, ill., as Nature morte en noir et blanc, lent by Gaston B. de V.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 12, ill. lent by Gaston B. de V. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1960 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune-Dauberville, Paris, Cézanne – Aquarelliste et Peintre, May–July 1960, no. 28, as Nature morte noire et blanche, 1871-72.
1967–1968a Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Vingt ans d'acquisitions au musée du Louvre 1947-1967, December 1967–March 1968, no. 403, ill., as Nature morte à la bouilloire d'étain.
1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 3, ill. in b/w, as Nature morte à la bouilloire d'étain, c. 1867-1869.
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 53, ill. shown in Paris only. 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.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 18, ill. shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
1997 Paris
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Des mécènes par milliers: un siècle de dons par les amis du Louvre, April 21–July 21, 1997, no. 567, ill., as Narure morte à la bouilloire.
2005–06 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 3, ill., p. 80 (dated c. 1869), as Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1904
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne und sein Kreis: Paul Cézanne." In Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst: vergleichende Betrachtungen der bildenden Künste, als Beitrag zu einer neuen Aesthetik vol. 1. Stuttgart: Jul. Hoffmann, 1904, p. 166 (... auf grauem Grund eine grüne [sic] Kaffeekanne und ein grüner Topf.).
Meier-Graefe 1908
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne and his Circle: Paul Cézanne." In Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of Aesthetics. vol. I, translated by Florence Simmonds and George W. Chrystal. London: Heinemann, 1908, p. 267 (... a green [sic] coffee-pot and a green jar on a shelf ...).
Alexandre 1912a
Alexandre, Arsène. "Exposition d'art moderne à l'Hôtel de la revue 'Les Arts.'" Les Arts: revue mensuelle des musées, collections, expositions, no. 128 (August 1912), ill. p. VII, no. 9, as Nature morte.
Bernheim-Jeune 1914
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. Cézanne. With contributions by O. Mirbeau, T. Duret, L. Werth, et al. Paris: Editions Hollande, 1914, pl. XVII.
Sacs 1914
Sacs, Joan. "Les natures-mortes den Pau Cézanne." Revista nova (Barcelona) Year I, no. 22 (September 3, 1914), ill. p. 4, as Pot verd i cafetera d'estany, Private collection.
Bernheim-Jeune 1919
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. L'Art moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois: cent-soixante-treize planches d'après la collection privée de MM. J. & G. Bernheim-Jeune, poèmes de Henri de Régnier , 2 vols. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1919, pl. 15.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 202, listed.
Arishima 1925
Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 33.
Rivière 1925
Rivière, Georges. "La formation de Paul Cézanne." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 15 (August 1, 1925), p. 3, ill., as Nature morte.
Charensol 1926
Charensol, Georges. "Les détracteurs de Cézanne [Hommage à Paul Cézanne]." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 37 (July 1, 1926), p. 495, ill., as Nature morte.
Remon 1926
Remon, G. "L'exposition Cézanne." Le Radical (Paris) (June 12, 1926), p. 2.
Dormoy 1926a
Dormoy, Marie, translated by Margarete Mauthner. "Die Cézanne - Ausstellung bei Bernheim-Jeune." Kunst und Künstler 24, no. 11 (1926), p. 447.
Anonymous 1926b
Anonymous. "L'exposition Cézanne." L'Action française (Paris) (June 22, 1926), p. 2, as Nature morte noire et blanche.
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 19.
Iavorskaia 1935a
Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 5.
Iavorskaia 1935b
Iavorskaia, Nina. Paul Cézanne. Milan: Hoepli, 1935, pl. V.
Combe 1936
Combe, Jacques. "L'influence de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), ill. p. 31, as Nature morte.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 25.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 25.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 70, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte noire et blanche.
Huyghe 1936d
Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 14.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 11.
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. 55, ill., as Nature morte.
M.V. 1938a
M.V. "Een eerezaal voor den meester van Aix: […] De Fransche expositie te Amsterdam." Algemeen Handelsblad (Amsterdam), August 5, 1938, ill. p. 9, as Stilleven in zwart en wit.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 27, ill. p. 163 (analysis p. 312).
J.A.L. 1939
J.A.L. "Paul Cézanne 1839 - 19Januari - 1939." Algemeen Handelsblad (Amsterdam), January 15, 1939, ill. p. 9, as Stilleven in zwart en wit.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 11.
Rewald 1946
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 139, ill.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 18, listed p. 144.
Jedlicka 1948
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 11, as Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain.
Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pp. 34, 69.
Bernheim de Villers 1954
Bernheim de Villers, Gaston. Un ami de Cézanne. Paris: Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1954, pl. [1], as Nature morte noire et blanche.
Elles 1958
Elles, Iris. Das Stilleben in der französischen Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. Zurich: Origo Verl, 1958, p. 100.
Rewald 1961
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 157, ill.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 5.
Adhémar et al. 1973
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 140, ill. p. 17, as Narure morte à la bouilloire, 1869-71.
Ginsburg 1973
Ginsburg, Michael. "Art Collectors of Old Russia, the Morosovs and the Shchukins." Apollo 98, no. 142 (December 1973), p. 470, ill.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 14.
Geist 1978
Geist, Sidney. "What Makes 'The Black Clock' Run." Art International 22, no. 2 (February 1978), p. 8, ill.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 28, ill. in color.
Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 1.
Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 57, ill.
Wetzel 1984
Wetzel, Christoph. Paul Cézanne: Leben u. Werk. Stuttgart/Zurich: Belser, 1984, p. 19, ill. in color.
Bernard, B. 1986
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 243, ill.
Compin et al. 1986
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 115, ill., as Narure morte à la bouilloire, c. 1869.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 81, ill.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 55, ill.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 118, fig. 66.
Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 20, ill. in color.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 44, fig. 31.
Baron and Bonafoux 1993
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 15, ill.
Arrouye 1995
Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, pp. 68-69, ill.
Kitschen 1995
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 8.
Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 34.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 38, 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. 137, ill. vol. 2, as Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain.
Berger 2000
Berger, John. "¿Cómo aparecen las cosas? O carta abierta a Marisa." translated by Pilar Vázquez. Arte y Parte: revista de arte (Madrid) 26 (April-May 2000), ill. p. 42, as Naturaleza muerta con hervidor, c. 1869-70.
Freudenberg 2001
Freudenberg, Inken. Der Zweifler Cézanne. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2001, pl. 42.
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. 125, fig. 3.25, as Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain.
Dittmann 2005
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, p. 233, ill. in b/w.
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.
Mothe et al. 2006
Mothe, Alain, et al. Cézanne à Auvers-sur-Oise. Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône: editions du Valharmeil, 2006, p. 62, ill.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 68; vol. 2, p. 62, as Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2011b
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Paul Cézanne, 22. April bis 15. Juni 1904." Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1901-1905. vol. 2, "Man steht da und staunt". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 497, ill.
Benedetti 2013b
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 64, fig. 82.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2014
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "Cézanne in the Studio." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 211, fig. 11, as Still Life with Green Jar and Pewter Kettle (Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain).
Causey 2020
Causey, Faya. "Finds." In Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press. Exhibition catalogue, p. 52, fig. 34, as Still Life wtih Green Jar and Pewter Kettle, dated 1867–69.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 9, ill., as Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain (installation photrographs from 1931 exhibition, p. 121, as well as interior of Bernheim-Jeune residence, pp. 8 and 9).
Notes

The influence of Manet is apparent in this canvas, but Rewald (1996, p. 116) sees a stronger affinity to the work of PIssarro and especially to his still life from 1867.

Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain, 1867–69 (FWN 709). Camille Pissarro, Still Life with Wine Carafe, 1867. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Camille Pissarro, Still Life with Wine Carafe, 1867. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Record last updated November 15, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pot vert et bouilloire d'étain, 1867–69 (FWN 709)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=147 (accessed on April 19, 2024).