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 1974
Nature morte au melon vert
1902–06
Alternate titles: Still Life with Green Melon; Stilleben mit grüner Melone (Nature morte au melon vert)
Rewald (W610); Venturi revised: 1900–05; Schmidt: c.1900
Watercolor and graphite on paper
12 3/8 x 18 11/16 in. (31.5 x 47.5 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland;
Private collection
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 94, ill., as Stilleben mit grüner Melone (Nature morte au melon vert), 1902-06, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 199, ill. in color, p. 465, as Nature morte au melon vert, 1902-1906, lent by Private collection, shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 16, ill., as Nature morte au melon vert, 1902-1906, lent by Private collection.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 31, ill.
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolor, October 12, 2004–January 2, 2005, pl. 19, as Still Life with Green Melon, 1900-06.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 208, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 350, listed (Collection Vollard).
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 25.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 610, ill.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 135, ill. in color.
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 41, fig. 33, as Still Life with Green Melon.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, no. 10; vol. 2, p. 27, as Nature morte au melon vert.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 141, fig. 100.
Eskenazi, Giuseppe. A Dealer's Hand. The Chinese Art World through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi. London: Scala, 2012, fig. 5, ill. p. 16.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektionen Paul Cézanne, Curt Herrmann, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch: 30. September bis 18. Oktober 1907." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1905-1908. vol. 3, "Den Sinnen ein magischer Rausch". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 515, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 302, fig. 218.
Record last updated October 14, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte au melon vert, 1902–06 (FWN 1974)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1593 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
