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Catalogue entry

FWN 719
Bouquet au petit vase de Delft
1873
Alternate titles: Bouquet au petit Delft; Bouquet dans un vase de Delft; Bouquet dit "au petit delft"; Bouquet in a Small Delft Vase; Nature morte; Vase de fleurs
Rewald (227): 1873; Venturi revised: c.1873; Venturi (183): 1873–75; Cooper: 1872–74; Ratcliffe: August 1873
Oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (41 x 27 cm)
Signed lower left: P. Cezanne

Keywords

Provenance
Dr. Paul Gachet, Auvers-sur-Oise;
Paul Gachet fils, Auvers-sur-Oise;
Musée du Louvre, Paris (1951, Gift of Paul Gachet);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1951-1986);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986)
Exhibition History
1953c Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Monticelli et le baroque provençal, June 19–September 15, 1953, no. 16, as Bouquet dit "au petit delft", c. 1873-1875, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 26, lent by Musée du Louvre.
1954–55 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Van Gogh et les peintres d'Auvers-sur-Oise, November 26, 1954–February 28, 1955, no. 7, as Bouquet au petit Delft, 1873.
1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 9, lent by Louvre.
1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 16, ill. in b/w, as Bouquet au petit Delft.
1999 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Un ami de Cézanne et de Van Gogh: le docteur Gachet, January 28–April 26, 1999, no. 8 (P.G. II-15), ill., pp. 56–57 (with two copies by Louis van Ryssel (Gachet fils)), as Bouquet in a Small Delft Vase, 1873? lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet, May 25–August 15, 1999; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, September 24–December 5, 1999.
2005–06 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 31, ill., p. 119, as Bouquet au petit vase de Delft. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 183. ill. vol. II, as Vase de fleurs.
Rewald 1937a
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 54, as Nature morte.
Florisoone 1952
Florisoone, Michel. "Van Gogh et les peintres d'Auvers chez le Dr. Gachet." L'Amour de l'art 31, nos. 64-66 (November, 1952), p. 25, ill. (with photograph of vase) and color pl. III.
Rewald 1952
Rewald, John. "Gachet's Unknown Gems Emerge." Art News 51, no. 1 (March 1952), p. 66, ill.
Gachet 1953b
Gachet, Paul. Auvers 1873-1890, Souvenirs de Cézanne et de Van Gogh à Auvers: arrangement et notes de Paul Gachet 1928. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, Éditions d'études et de documents, [1953], ill., as Bouquet dans un vase de Delft.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 35, ill.
Adhémar 1958
Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, p. 18, no. 34.
Bazin 1958
Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, pp. 140-141, ill. 1873.
Elles 1958
Elles, Iris. Das Stilleben in der französischen Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. Zurich: Origo Verl, 1958, p. 101.
Sterling and Adhémar 1958
Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 251.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 29.
Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 110, ill.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, p. 25, pl. 16.
Adhémar et al. 1973
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 140, ill. p. 18, as Bouquet au petit Delft, c. 1873-75.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 25.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 63, ill.
Ponente 1980
Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 8.
Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 77.
Compin et al. 1986
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 114, ill., as Bouquet au petit Delft, c. 1873.
Pickvance 1986
Pickvance, Ronald. Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy and Auvers. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 198, ill.
Arnold 1986b
Arnold, Matthias. "Cézanne und van Gogh: Die beiden grossen Postimpressionisten: Ein Vergleich, II." Weltkunst 56, no. 2 (January 15, 1986), pp. 128–29, fig. 29.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 141, ill. in color.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 58, ill. in color.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 63, ill.
Kitschen 1995
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 19.
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. 227, ill. vol. 2, as Bouquet au petit vase de Delft.
Stein 1999
Stein, Susan, with the assistance of Julie Steiner. "Summary Catalogue of Works by Major Artists (Volume II, Cézanne [catalogue raisonné by Paul Gachet fils)." Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 203-204, P.G. II-15, ill., (no. 8 of cat.), as Bouquet in a Small Delft Vase, 1873?
Lewis 2002
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "The Path to Les Lauves: A History of Cézanne's Studios." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 12, ill. in color.
Feilchenfeldt 2005g
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Doktor Gachet: Ein Freund von Cézanne und Van Gogh? Ein Beitrag zu Echtheitsfragen bei Cézanne." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 258, ill.
Mothe et al. 2006
Mothe, Alain, et al. Cézanne à Auvers-sur-Oise. Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône: editions du Valharmeil, 2006, p. 75, ill. with photo of petite Delft vase, p. 74.
Notes

In a letter to his brother dated 20 May 1890, Vincent van Gogh recalled seeing "deux beaux bouquets de Cézanne" at Dr. Gachet's, this work and no. 721. (See http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let873/letter.html).

Record last updated October 28, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bouquet au petit vase de Delft, 1873 (FWN 719)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=231 (accessed on March 28, 2024).