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Catalogue entry

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

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Edouard Jonas, Paris
Paul Rosenberg, New York
Robert von Hirsch, Basel (1949);
Von Hirsch Collection, Sotheby's, London, June 27, 1978, no. 836, ill.
British Rail Pension Fund, London;
Sotheby's, London, April 4, 1989, no. 17, ill.
Giuseppe Eskenazi, London
Private collection, Switzerland;
Sotheby's, New York, May 8, 2007, no. 8, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1982 Tübingen and traveling
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.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
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.
1998–99 Sydney
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.
1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 31, ill.
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. 19, as Still Life with Green Melon, 1900-06.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 208, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 350, listed (Collection Vollard).
Schmidt 1952
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 25.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 71.
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, color pl. XII.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 610, ill.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 135, ill. in color.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 249, ill.
Smith 1996
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 41, fig. 33, as Still Life with Green Melon.
Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 14 (detail).
Machotka 2008
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 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 141, fig. 100.
Landrot 2010
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 75, ill.
Eskenazi 2012
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 and Feilchenfeldt 2013b
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 2015
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 April 28, 2024).