Catalogue entry

FWN 713-TA
Deux harengs
1872–73
Alternate titles: Les Harengs; Les Harengs-saurs; Les Harengs-saurs, nature-morte; Nature morte; Nature morte aux harengs bleus
Rewald (207): 1872–73; Venturi revised: 1865–66; Venturi (60): 1864–66
Oil on canvas
12 5/8 x 15 11/16 in. (32 x 40 cm)
Signed lower right in black: P. Cezanne
Vollard archives: photo no. 140, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1875–80
Present whereabouts unknown

Keywords

Provenance
Eugène Murer, Auvers-sur-Oise
Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Josse Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Present whereabouts unknown (presumed destroyed during WWII)
Exhibition History
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 10, as Les Harengs, lent by Josse Bernheim-Jeune.
Published References
Trublot 1887
Trublot, [P. Alexis]. "A Minuit: La Collection Murer." Le Cri du Peuple, October 21, 1887, no. 3, as Les Harengs-saurs, nature-morte.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 60, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 13, listed.
Commandement en chef français 1947
Commandement en chef français en Allemagne. Répertoire des biens spoliés en France durant la guerre 1939-1945, tome II, tableaux - tapisseries - sculpture (List of Property removed from France during the war 1939-1945, Volume 2, paintings, tapestries and sculpture). G. Glasser, directeur des réparations et restitutions. Berlin, 1947, p. 227, no. 5056, 34.572 , ill. p. 244 o, as Nature morte aux harengs bleus, Jean Bernheim Jeune.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, p. 28.
Gachet 1956
Gachet, Paul. Deux amis des impressionnistes: le Docteur Gachet et Murer. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1956, pp. 171 (reprint of article by Alexis), 174.
Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 207, ill. vol. 2, as Deux harengs.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 38, ill., as Les harengs, photograph of painting hanging in Josse Bernheim-Jeune residence at 17 rue Desbordes-Valmore, p. 13.
Notes

Venturi (1936) described the colors in the painting as: "Fond gris. Nappe blanc-gris. Plat noir, gris à l'intérieur. Verre gris avec transparences rouges. Deux oiseaux [sic] entre le noir, le brun, le rouge, a demi enveloppés dans une étoffe d'un bleu intense." They are actually two herrings wrapped in blue paper.

Record last updated February 5, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Deux harengs, 1872–73 (FWN 713-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=211 (accessed on April 23, 2024).