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 1964
Nature morte avec encrier
1900–04
Alternate titles: Still Life with Inkpot; The Inkwell
Rewald (W566); Venturi revised: c.1895
Graphite and watercolor on paper
12 3/16 x 18 7/8 in. (31 x 48 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection, Munich
Private collection
Exhibition History
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 48, as Still Life with Inkpot, 1906, lent by Etienne Bignou. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cézanne: Rarely Shown Works, November 10–29, 1952, [W] 16, as Nature morte avec encrier, dated 1906.
Walker Art Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, French Impressionist and Post Impressionist Paintings from the Collections of Mrs. Bertha Palmer Thorne and Mr. Gordon Palmer, May 11–June 17, 1962, as The Inkwell, lent by Mrs. Bertha Palmer Thorne.
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, Palmer Family Collection, February 23–March 24, 1963, no. 4, as The Inkwell.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 206, Private collection.
Published References
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 566, ill.
Notes
According to Rewald (1983, p. 231), "the round form to the left of the inkwell probably does not represent a fruit but a conical sieve with a small knob at its pointed bottom. The knob is visible next to the inkwell; the handle of this utensil (called 'chinois' by French cooks) extends to the left."
The legs of a plaster cast of a Cupid used as a prop in many works by the artist is seen at right.
Putto, copy after François Du Quesnoy (in Cézanne's time attributed to Pierre Puget), plaster cast, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Identical to the one which Cezanne had in his Les Lauves studio.
Photo: Erik Cornelius; © Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Record last updated January 25, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte avec encrier, 1900–04 (FWN 1964)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1548 (accessed on May 2, 2024).
