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Catalogue entry

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)
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel

Keywords

Provenance
Galerie Thannhauser, Munich and Lucerne
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hahnloser, Winterthur (March 1914);
Hans R. Hahnloser, Bern;
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, June 7, 1978, no. 91, ill.
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
Exhibition History
1916 Winterthur
Kunstverein, Winterthur, Switzerland, Französische Malerei, October 29–November 26, 1916, no. 32. Traveled to: Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, January 10–February 4, 1917.
1929 Cannes
Musée de Cannes, Cannes, France, La Provence et ses peintres au XIXe siècle, 1929, no. 67.
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 93, as Stilleben, after 1900, lent by Frau Dr. A. Hahnloser, Winterthur.
1938e Paris
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.
1940 Lucerne
Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland, Die Hauptwerke der Sammlung Hahnloser Winterthur, 1940, no. 34.
1955 Winterthur
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.
1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 52, ill.
1969 Munich
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.
1972–73 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Das Aquarell, 1400-1950, October 14, 1972–January 7, 1973, no. 305.
1978–79 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, The Silent Dialogue: The Still Life in the 20th Century, 1978–79, no. 21, ill.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
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.
1983 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 40, ill.
1989 Madrid
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.
1993 Berlin
Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Wege der Moderne: die Sammlung Beyeler, April 30–August 1, 1993, no. 11, ill.
1996–97 Sidney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century: The Beyeler Collection, December 7, 1996–March 2, 1997, no. 5, ill.
1999–2000 Riehen/Basel
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.
2000 Vienna and traveling
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).
2004–05 Los Angeles
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.
2006–07a Riehen/Basel
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Hommage à Paul Cézanne, October 21, 2006–January 7, 2007.
2010–11 Vienna
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.
2011–12 Tübingen
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.
2012 Vienna
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.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 154, ill.
2020 Vienna
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.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 209, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 67, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Marées-Gesellschaft 1918
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 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 221, listed, as Melon.
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 78, as Stilleben.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1149, ill. vol. II, as Théière et fruits.
Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, pl. II.
Hugelshofer 1947
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.
Hoog 1971
Hoog, Michel. L'Univers de Cézanne. Paris: Henri Scrépel, 1971, p. 71.
Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 50.
Perucchi-Petri 1982
Perucchi-Petri, Ursula. "Die Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne und die Kunst Ostasiens." Du 42, no. 4 (September 1982), p. 19, ill.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 564, ill. and color pl. 39.
Elderfield 1985
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.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 256, ill.
Vuillemin 1989
Vuillemin, Madeleine. "Versuche über Cézannes späte Aquarelle." University of Zurich, 1989, pl. III.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 56.
Beyeler 1997
Fondation Beyeler, ed. Sammlung Beyeler. Munich: Prestel, 1997, p. 65, no. 8.
Du 1997
Du. "Sammlung Beyeler: die Werke, der Bau." Du 57, no. 12 (December 1997), p. 29, ill.
Breidbach 2003
Breidbach, Angela. Anschauungsraum bei Cézanne. Cézanne und Helmholtz. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2003, p. 132, ill.
Dittmann 2005
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, pl. 21.
Machotka 2008
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 2008
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 2009
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 2010
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 61, ill. check image; says it belongs to the Louvre.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 296, fig. 212.
Armstrong 2018
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 62.
Nagaï 2022a
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 April 29, 2024).