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Catalogue entry

FWN 1979
Pommes, bouteille et dossier de chaise
1904–06
Alternate titles: Apples, Bottle and Chairback; Apples, Bottle and Chairback (Pommes, Bouteille, Dossier de Chaise); Apples, Bottle, Chair Back; Fruit; Nature morte avec pommes, bouteille, verre et chaise; Pommes, bouteille, dossier de chaise; Still Life; Still Life with Apples and Chair Back; Still Life, with a Chair, Bottles and Apples; Still life: apples, bottle and chair back; Still-life with Apples, Bottle and Chairback; Stilleben mit Äpfeln, Flasche und Stuhllehne (Nature morte avec pommes, bouteille, dossier de chaise)
Rewald (W643); Venturi revised: 1880–81; Venturi (1155): 1904–06; Cooper: c.1905
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
Watermark: ANCNE MANUFRE CANSON et MONTGOLFIER VIDALON LES ANNONAY
17 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. (44.5 x 59 cm)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 2855, nature morte; aquarelle, 44 x 59 (12,000)

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Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (1907)
Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne and Munich (Jan. 17,1928)
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, London and New York
Samuel Courtauld, London (1937);
The Courtauld Gallery, London (1948)
Exhibition History
1930 Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Eighth Exhibition of Watercolors and Pastels, 1930.
1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 55, as Fruit, lent by Wildenstein, NY.
1936 Toledo
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Cézanne and Gauguin, November 1–December 13, 1936, no. 30.
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 73, ill., as Still Life, c. 1906, lent by Samuel Courtauld.
1946c London and traveling
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 56 [supplement to catalogue], as Still Life, 1904-1906. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
1948 London
Tate Gallery, London, Samuel Courtauld: Memorial Exhibition, May–June 1948, no. 86, as Still Life, with a Chair, Bottles and Apples, c. 1903-06.
1955b Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Impressionnistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, October 1955, no. 72, pl. 45, as Pommes, bouteille, dossier de chaise, c. 1905.
1959–60 London
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, 1959–60.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 81, pl. 44, c. 1900-1906.
1961 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 38, ill., pl.22, as Nature morte avec pommes, bouteille, verre et chaise, 1902-1906, lent by Courtauld Institute, London.
1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 98, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 170, as Still life: apples, bottle and chair back, lent by Courtauld Institute of Art; shown in London only. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
1976 Sheffield
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, French Paintings from the Courtauld Collection, 1976.
1976c London
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Samuel Courtauld's Collection of French 19th Century Paintings and Drawings, 1976, no. 64.
1977–78 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 77, ill., pl. 184, as Apples, Bottle, Chair Back, 1902-06, lent by Courtauld Institue Galleries, London. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 34, ill. in b/w, as Pommes, bouteille, dossier de chaise, 1902-06, lent by Courtauld Institute, London.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 93, ill., as Stilleben mit Äpfeln, Flasche und Stuhllehne (Nature morte avec pommes, bouteille, dossier de chaise), 1902-06, lent by Courtauld Institute Galleries, London. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
1983a London
British Museum, London, Mantegna to Cézanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, 1983, no. 102, ill., as Still-life with Apples, Bottle and Chairback.
1999–2000 London
The Courtauld Gallery, London, Art Made Modern: Roger Fry's Vision of Art, October 15, 1999–January 23, 2000, no. 34, as Apples, Bottle and Chairback, c. 1900-06.
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. 7, as Still Life with Apples and Chair Back.
2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 40, ill., as Apples, Bottle and Chairback (Pommes, Bouteille, Dossier de Chaise).
2008 London
The Courtauld Gallery, London, The Courtauld Cézannes, June 26–October 5, 2008, no. 17, pp. 132-37, ill. in color p. 135, digital infrared reflectogram p. 134, as Pommes, bouteille et dossier de chaise, c. 1904-06.
2019 Paris
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, La Collection Courtauld: le parti de l'impressionnsime, February 20–June 17, 2019. (Exhibition catalogue: Serres et al 2019), no. 44, ill., as Pommes, bouteille et dossier de chaise.
Published References
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 20.
Loran 1935
Loran, Erle. "Cézanne at the Pennsylvania Museum." The American Magazine of Art 28, no. 2 (February 1935), p. 86, ill.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, pl. 34.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1155, ill. vol. II, as Pommes, bouteille et dossier de chaise.
Cooper 1954b
Cooper, Douglas. The Courtauld Collection. London: Athlone Press, 1954, no. 111, pl. 13.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 77.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, (detail used as back endpaper).
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, color pl. XIII.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 81.
Wechsler 1975
Wechsler, Judith, ed. Cézanne in Perspective. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1975, fig. 19.
Hughes 1980
Hughes, Robert. The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1980, pl. 80.
Dittmann 1981
Dittmann, Lorenz. "Morandi and Cézanne." In Giorgio Morandi. Munich, 1981, p. 39, fig. 4.
Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 53.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 643, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 255, ill.
Naubert-Riser 1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 39, ill.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 192, fig. 171.
Baron and Bonafoux 1993
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 11, ill.
Neilson 2001
Neilson, Brett. "Visioni dal vortice. L'emergere dello spazio sociale in Cézanne e Wyndham Lewis." In Il Cézanne degli scrittori dei poeti e dei filosofi / a cura di Giovanni Cianci, Elio Franzini e Antonello Negri. Milan: Bocca, 2001, p. 174, fig. 26, ill. in b/w, as Pommes, bouteille et dossier de chaise.
Prat 2011
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 620, no. 1480, ill. in color, as Pommes, bouteille et dossier de chaise, c. 1904-1906.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 304, fig. 220.
Nagaï 2022a
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 34.
Record last updated February 20, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pommes, bouteille et dossier de chaise, 1904–06 (FWN 1979)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1626 (accessed on March 29, 2024).