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)
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Cantz Medienmanagement, Ostfildern
FWN 1962
Nature morte avec pastèque entamée
c.1900
Alternate titles: Melon; Naturaleza muerta con sandía calada; Nature morte au melon; Nature morte. Le melon; Still Life with Cut Watermelon; Stilleben; Stilleben mit Granatapfel (Nature morte à la grenade); Stilleben mit Melone; Stillleben mit angeschnittener Wassermelone; Théière et fruits
Rewald (W564); Venturi revised: 1900–05; Venturi (1149): 1900–06; Rivière: 1897
Graphite and watercolor on paper
12 3/8 x 18 3/4 in. (31.5 x 47.6 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunstverein, Winterthur, Switzerland, Französische Malerei, October 29–November 26, 1916, no. 32. Traveled to: Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, January 10–February 4, 1917.
Musée de Cannes, Cannes, France, La Provence et ses peintres au XIXe siècle, 1929, no. 67.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 93, as Stilleben, after 1900, lent by Frau Dr. A. Hahnloser, Winterthur.
Galerie de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, La peinture française du XIXe siècle en Suisse, March–June 1938, no. 20, as Nature morte. Le melon, lent by A. Hahnloser, Winterthur.
Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland, Die Hauptwerke der Sammlung Hahnloser Winterthur, 1940, no. 34.
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, Europäische Meister, 1790–1910, June 12–July 24, 1955, no. 224, as Nature morte au melon, lent by H. R. Hahnloser, Bern.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 52, ill.
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Europäische Meisterwerke aus Schweizer Sammlungen, August 8–October 19, 1969, no. 32, ill., fig. 2 and ill. on cover, as Stilleben mit Melone.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Das Aquarell, 1400-1950, October 14, 1972–January 7, 1973, no. 305.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, The Silent Dialogue: The Still Life in the 20th Century, 1978–79, no. 21, ill.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 95, ill., and cover (detail), as Stilleben mit Granatapfel (Nature morte à la grenade), 1902-06, lent by Collection Ernst Beyeler, Basel. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 40, ill.
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Collección Beyeler, May 24–June 24, 1989, no no., pp. 190–91, ill., as Naturaleza muerta con sandía calada.
Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Wege der Moderne: die Sammlung Beyeler, April 30–August 1, 1993, no. 11, ill.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century: The Beyeler Collection, December 7, 1996–March 2, 1997, no. 5, ill.
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 29, ill. in color, p. 68, as Nature morte avec pastèque entamée, c. 1900, lent by Fondation Beyeler, Basel.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 50, ill., as Nature morte avec pastèque entamée, c. 1900, lent by Fondation Beyeler, Basel. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolor, October 12, 2004–January 2, 2005, pl. 6, as Still Life with Cut Watermelon.
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Hommage à Paul Cézanne, October 21, 2006–January 7, 2007.
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Cézanne – Picasso – Giacometti: Meisterwerke der Fondation Beyeler, September 17, 2010–January 17, 2011, no. 4, ill., as Nature morte avec pastèque entamée.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso & Co., September 17, 2011–January 29, 2012, listed p. 283, ill. p. 69, as Stillleben mit angeschnittener Wassermelone, lent by Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel.
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 29, ill., as Stillleben mit angeschnittener Wassermelone, c. 1900, lent by Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 154, ill.
Albertina Museum, Vienna, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Hodler, The Hahnloser Collection, February 22–May 24, 2020, no. 17, ill., as Nature morte avec pastèque entamée, lent by Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 209, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 67, ill. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne Aquarelle: Mappe mit zehn Faksimiles nach Aquarellen des Meisters. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1918, pl. III, as Stilleben (Dr. Hahnloser).
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 221, listed, as Melon.
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 78, as Stilleben.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1149, ill. vol. II, as Théière et fruits.
Hugelshofer, Walter. Dessins et aquarelles de maîtres français du XIXe siècle: appartenant a des collections publiques et privées de suisse. Basel: Éditions Holbein, 1947, pl. 4.
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 50.
Perucchi-Petri, Ursula. "Die Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne und die Kunst Ostasiens." Du 42, no. 4 (September 1982), p. 19, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 564, ill. and color pl. 39.
Elderfield, John. "Cézanne: The Lesson of the Master." Review of Paul Cézanne; The Watercolors, by John Rewald. Art in America 73, no. 6 (June 1985), p. 90, ill.
Vuillemin, Madeleine. "Versuche über Cézannes späte Aquarelle." University of Zurich, 1989, pl. III.
Breidbach, Angela. Anschauungsraum bei Cézanne. Cézanne und Helmholtz. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2003, p. 132, ill.
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, pl. 21.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 397; vol. 2, p. 251, as Nature morte avec pastèque entamée.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 139, fig. 96.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection - New Edition. Stein, Susan Alyson and Asher Ethan Miller. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, fig. 121, ill. p. 164.
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 61, ill. check image; says it belongs to the Louvre.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 296, fig. 212.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 62.
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 32.
Record last updated October 24, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte avec pastèque entamée, c.1900 (FWN 1962)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1546 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
