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 1959
Théière et oranges (La Nappe)
1895–1900
Alternate titles: La Nappe; Nature morte; Nature morte à la théière; Still Life: Teapot and Fruit; Still-Life with a Tea-Pot - Théière et fruits; Stilleben; Teapot and fruit; Théière et fruits; Zátiší
Rewald (W544); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (1150): 1895–1905; Rivière: 1894
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 1/2 x 24 3/8 in. (47 x 62 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibition History
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 37, as La Nappe, lent by Cézanne fils.
S.V.U. Mánes, Pavillon Mánes, Prague, Francouzští mistři [French Masters], December 1923, no. 29, as Zátiší (Nature morte).
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 28, as Nature morte.
Galerie Thannhauser, Vereinshaus der Berliner Künstler, Berlin, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January 9–mid-February, 1927, no. 31, as Stilleben.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition, November 19, 1934–January 20, 1935, no. 9.
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 29, as Théière et fruits.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Watercolors by Paul Cézanne, December 19, 1939–January 8, 1940, no. 13, as Teapot and fruit.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 81, ill. in b/w, p. 72, as Théière et fruits, 1895-1900, lent by Samuel A. Lewisohn.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Lewisohn Collection, November 2–December 2, 1951, no. 103, ill., p. 44.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 87, ill., as Still Life: Teapot and Fruit, 1895-1905, lent by Mrs. Sam A. Lewisohn, New York. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 78, lent by Mrs. Julian C. Eisenstein, State College, PA; dated 1898–1900.
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, Centennial Loan Exhibition, May 19–June 11, 1961, no. 91, ill. Traveled to: Wildenstein Galleries, New York, June 14–September 9, 1961.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 60, pl. LXII, as Théière et fruits, 1900-1905, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Julian C. Eisenstein, Washington, D.C.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 50, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Vassar College, The Fances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, Refining the Imagination: Tradition, Collecting, and the Vassar Education, April 23–September 19, 1999, no. 63, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 203, Private collection.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und seine Ahnen: Faksimiles nach Aquarellen, Feder- und anderen Zeichnungen von Tintoretto, Greco, Poussin, Corot, Delacroix, Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1921, pl. XIX.
jč. "Kulturní kronika: Francouzští mistři [Cultural Chronicle: French Masters]." Lidové noviny (Brno) (December 13, 1923), p. 7, as Zátiší.
Bourgeois, Stephan, and Waldemar-George. "L'art français du XIXe et du XXe siècles à la collection Adolphe et Samuel Lewisohn." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, nos. 28–29 (1932), ill. between pp. 306 and 307.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1150, ill. vol. II, as Théière et fruits.
Lewisohn, Sam A. Painters and Personality: A Collector's View of Modern Art. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937, pl. 14.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, col. pl. 101, as Still-Life with a Tea-Pot - Théière et fruits, c. 1900, A. Lewisohn, New York.
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 171.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 544, ill.
Mráz, Bohumír. Aquarelles et dessins impressinnistes. [Gennevilliers]: Ars Mundi, 1987, pl. 88, listed p. 204, as Nature morte à la théière, c. 1900, Privat collection, New York.
Kaufmann, Bettina. Paul Cezanne: Die Bilder seiner Ausstellung Paris 1907 besucht, betrachtet und beschrieben von Rainer Maria Rilke. Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 2018, no. 37, p. 192, ill., as La Nappe.
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Record last updated July 11, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Théière et oranges (La Nappe), 1895–1900 (FWN 1959)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1526 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
