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 1978
Pot bleu et bouteille de vin
1902–06
Alternate titles: Nature morte; Nature morte au pot bleu; Still Life with Blue Pot; Still Life with Blue Pot and Bottle of Wine; Still Life with Pears and Apples, Covered Blue Jar, and a Bottle of Wine; Still-Life
Rewald (W567); Venturi revised: 1900–05
Graphite and watercolor on yellowed paper
18 3/4 x 24 5/16 in. (47.6 x 61.7 cm)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 1984, nature morte; aquarelle, 45 x 62 (3,000)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 43, as Still Life with Blue Pot, lent anonymously. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, De l'Impressionnisme à nos jours, opening June 27, 1958, no. 31, as Nature morte, lent by Lucile Manguin, Paris.
Musée Jenisch, Vevey, France, De Cezanne a Picasso, Maitres de l'aquarelle au XXe siecle, 1962, no. 33, ill.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 68, pl. LXIII, as Nature morte au pot bleu, 1904-1906, lent by Mme. Lucile Manguin, Paris.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Special exhibition for the College Art Association, 1965.
Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw, Part II, September 3–November 10, 1985, no. 49, ill., as Still-Life. Traveled to: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, February 17–April 13, 1985.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 198, ill. in color, p. 462, as Pot bleu et bouteille de vin, 1902-1906, lent by The Morgan Library, New York, shown in Paris and Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, From Mantegna to Picasso: Drawings from the Thaw Collection at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, November 9, 1996–January 23, 1997, no. 81, ill., as Still Life with Pears and Apples, Covered Blue Jar, and a Bottle of Wine.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 33, ill.
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, From Leonardo to Pollock: Master drawings from the Morgan Library, April 29–July 2, 2006, no. 91, ill., as Still Life with Pears and Apples, Covered Blue Jar, and a Bottle of Wine.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 216, Morgan Library and Museum.
Published References
Daulte, François. French Watercolors of the 20th Century. New York: Viking Press, 1968, no. 8, ill.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, (detail used as front endpaper).
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 567, ill. and color pl. 40.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection: Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 82, ill.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, p. 95, fig. 40, as Still Life with Blue Pot and Bottle of Wine.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 141, fig. 101.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 303, fig. 219.
Brettell, Richard R. "Charting New Territory: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawing." In Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection. New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 28.
Tonkovich, Jennifer et Giada Damen. "Catalogue Raisonné." In Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection, Tonkovich, Jennifer, ed. New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, no. 48, ill., as Still Life with Pears and Apples, Covered Blue Jar, and a Bottle of Wine.
Record last updated February 28, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pot bleu et bouteille de vin, 1902–06 (FWN 1978)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1549 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
