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FWN 726

Nature morte à la soupière

1877

Alternate titles: Azucarero, botella y cesto de frutas; Nature morte; Nature morte à la soupière; Nature morte aux pommes; Pommes, bouteille et soupière; Still Life with Soup; Still life with soup tureen; Still-life with a soup tureen; Still-life with a Soup-tureen and Bottle; Stilleben; Zátiší s jablky; Zátiší s polévkovou mísou

Rewald (302): 1877; Venturi revised: c.1877; Venturi (494): 1883–85; Rivière: c.1878; Cooper: 1875–76; Gowing: 1877 (Burlington); Ratcliffe: 1877

Oil on canvas

25 5/8 x 32 11/16 in. (65 x 83 cm)

Vollard archives: photo no. 390

Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 2818)

Keywords

Locales
Northern France:
- Pontoise »
Still-life objects
Edibles and Flowers:
- apple(s) / pomme(s) »
Still-life objects
Dishes and Vessels:
- basket / corbeille »
- bottle(s) / bouteille(s) »
- soup-tureen / soupière »

Catalogue Entry
Additional Materials
Sketchbook

Provenance

Camille Pissarro, Paris

Auguste Pellerin, Paris;

Musée du Louvre, Paris (1929, Bequest of Auguste Pellerin);

Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1947-1986);

Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986)

Exhibition History

1912b Paris

Manzi, Joyant & Cie, l'Hôtel de la revue "Les Arts," Paris, Exposition d'art moderne, June 6–July 6, 1912, no number, [possibly lent by Pellerin].

1936 Basel

Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 34, as Stilleben, 1885, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.

1937 Warsaw and traveling

Narodowe muzeum, Warsaw, Poland, Exposition de la peinture française de Manet à nos jours, February 19–March 20, 1937, no. 2, ill. lent by Musée du Louvre. Traveled to: Cercle Manes, Prague, 1937.

1937 Prague

S.V.U. Mánes, Prague, Výstava francouzského malířství od Maneta po dnešek / Exposition de la peinture française de Manet à nos jours, April 2–25, 1937, no. 2, as Nature morte aux pommes, lent by Musée du Louvre.

1954 Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 50, pl. XXII, lent by Musée du Louvre.

1956 Limoges

Musée Municipal, Limoges, France, Impressionnistes à nos jours, 1956, no. 3, as Nature morte à la soupière, c. 1883-1885 ? lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.

1956 Moscow and traveling

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Peinture française du XIXe siècle, 1956, listed p. 166-167, ill. p. 167. Traveled to: Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, Poland, June 15–July 31, 1956; Leningrad, Russian Federation, 1956.

1956 Warsaw and traveling

Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, Poland, Malarstwo Francuskie od Davida do Cézanne'a (Peinture française de David à Cézanne), June 15–July 31, 1956, no. 7, pl. 88, c. 1883-85. Traveled to: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1956; Leningrad, Russian Federation, 1956.

1974b Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 21, ill. in b/w, as Nature morte à la soupière.

1989–90 Frankfurt am Main

Stätische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstiut, Frankfurt, Germany, "Correspondances": Französische Malerei aus dem Musée d’Orsay, October 5, 1989–January 7, 1990, pp. 28-29, ill., as Nature morte à la soupière, c. 1877.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 32, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.

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. 11, ill., p. 90 (dated c. 1874), as Nature morte à la soupière. 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).

2010 San Francisco

de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, Birth of Impressionism - Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, May 22–September 6, 2010, no. 99, ill., as Nature morte à la soupière, c. 1973-1874.

2010–11 Madrid and traveling

Fundación Cultural MAPFRE, Madrid, Impresionismo: un nuevo renacimiento, January 15–April 4, 2010, no. 66, ill., as Nature morte à la soupière, c. 1873-74. Traveled to: de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, May 22–September 6, 2010; Frist Center of the Visiual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, October 15, 2010–January 23, 2011.

2012–13 Sao Paulo and traveling

Centro Cutural do Brasil, Sao Paulo, Impressionismo, Paris e a modernida: Obras-primas Musée d'Orsay, August 4–October 7, 2012, no. 70, ill., as Nature morte à la soupière, c. 1877, shown in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro only. Traveled to: Centro Cutural do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, October 22, 2012–January 13, 2013; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, February 12–May 5, 2013.

2014 Tokyo

The National Art Center, Japan, Naissance de l'impressionnisme: La liberté de peindre. Collections du musée d'Orsay, July 9–October 20, 2014, no. 55, ill., as Nature morte à la soupière, c. 1873-74.

2022–23 Abu Dhabi

Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Impressionnisme: la modernité, October 12, 2022–February 5, 2023, no. 71, ill., as Nature morte à la soupière, c. 1877.

2024–26 Milan

Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne/Renoir, Capolovori dal Musée de l'Orangerie, March 19–June 30, 2024, no. 32, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Traveled to: Fondation Gianadda, Martigny, France, July 13–November 19, 2024 (Titled: Cézanne - Renoir, Regards croisés); Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, January 17–May 7, 2025; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, May 29–September 7, 2025; Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, September 20, 2025–January 25, 2026.

Published References

Alexandre 1912a

Alexandre, Arsène. "Exposition d'art moderne à l'Hôtel de la revue 'Les Arts.'" Les Arts: revue mensuelle des musées, collections, expositions, no. 128 (August 1912), ill. p. X, no. 3, as Nature morte.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 207, listed.

Gomez de la Mata 1925

Gomez de la Mata, Germán. "La eterna discusión sobre Cézanne." La Esfera (Madrid) Year XII, no. 588 (April 11, 1925), ill. n.p., as Azucarero, botella y cesto de frutas.

Fry 1926

Fry, Roger. "Le développement de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 12 (December 1926), ill. p. 405, as Nature morte.

Fry 1927a

Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, p. 52, fig. 18, pl. XIII.

Pascal 1929

Pascal, Georges. "Les Cézanne de la collection Pellerin." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 11 (November 20, 1929), ill. p. 5, as Nature morte.

Rey 1929

Rey, Robert. "Trois tableaux de Cézanne." Bulletin des musées de France 1, no. 12 (December 1929), p. 272, ill.

D'Ors 1930

Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, p. 44, ill.

Huyghe 1930a

Huyghe, René. "Dans les musées nationaux." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 1 (January 20, 1930), p. 4.

Hazama, Adachi, and Nakogawa, eds. 1935

Hazama, Mosuke, Genichiri Adachi, and Kaziamasa Nakogawa, eds. Recueil important des oeuvres de Paul Cézanne. Vol. 1: Paysages, edited by Hazama. Vol. 2: Portraits et Nus., edited by Adachi. Vol. 3: Nature-mortes., edited by Nakogawa. Tokyo: Atorie-sha, 1935, vol. 3, Nature-mortes, pl. 5.

Di San Lazzaro 1936

Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 27.

Raynal 1936

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. LXXXV p. 118.

Vergnet-Ruiz 1936

Vergnet-Ruiz, Jean. "Cézanne et I'impressionnisme." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), p. 17, ill., as Nature morte à la soupière.

D'Ors 1936a

Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 27.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 494, ill. vol. II, as Pommes, bouteille et soupière.

Fdl. 1937

Fdl. "I. jub. výstava SVU. Mánes v Praze: Francouzské umění [First anniversary exhibition of Mánes Association of Artists in Prague: French Art]." Pestrý týden vol. 12, issue 16 (April 17, 1937), ill. p. 5, as Zátiší s jablky.

Mokrý 1937

Mokrý, F. V. "Padesát jar příkladu [50 Years of Precedent]." Venkov: orgán České strany agrární (Prague) vol. 32, issue 94 (April 21, 1937), p. 5, as Zátiší s jablky.

Pečírka 1937

Pečírka, J. "Výstava francouzského malířství v „Mánesu' [Exhibition of French Painting at 'Manes']." Umění: sborník pro českou výtvarnou práci (Prague) vol. 10, issue 1-10 (1936-1937), p. 316, ill. p. 309, as Zátiší s jablky.

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), pp. 54 and 56, as Nature morte.

H.V. 1937b

H.V. "Francouzská výstava v Mánesu [French Exhibition at Manes]." Salon (Brno) vol. 16, issue 5 (May 15, 1937), ill. p. 34, as Zátiší s polévkovou mísou.

Besson 1938

Besson, George. Cézanne, 10 Planches en couleurs. Paris: Les Éditions Braune & Cie, 1938(?).

Schildt 1946

Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 59.

Adhémar et al. 1947

Adhémar, Hélène et al. Catalogue des peintures et sculptures exposées au Musée de l’Impressionnisme (Jeu de Paume des Tuileries): les impressionnistes, leurs précurseurs et leurs contemporains. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1947, p. 25, no. 36, as Nature morte à la soupière, c. 1883-1885.

Jourdain 1951

Jourdain, Francis. L'Impressionnisme: origines, conséquences. Paris: Collection Le Maîtres, 1951, fig. 37.

Fry 1952

Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 52, pl. XIII fig. 18, as Still-life with a Soup-tureen and Bottle.

Gowing 1956

Gowing, Lawrence. "Notes on the Development of Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 98, no. 639 (June 1956), p. 188.

Adhémar 1958

Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, pp. 23–24, no. 45.

Bazin 1958

Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, pp. 204-205, ill. 1883-1885.

Sterling and Adhémar 1958

Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 262.

Feist 1963

Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 29, 48, pl. 40.

Reff 1967

Reff, Theodore. "Pissarro's Portrait of Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 109, no. 776 (November 1967), fig. 23.

Adhémar et al. 1973

Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 141, ill. p. 22, as Nature morte à la soupière, c; 1883-85.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 57.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 76, ill.

Monneret 1978a

Monneret, Sophie. Cézanne, Zola . . . La fraternité du génie. Paris: Denoël, 1978, ill. p. 23.

Monneret 1978b

Monneret, Sophie. L'Impressionnisme et son époque: dictionnaire international illustré. Paris: Denoël, 1978, vol. 1, ill. p. 123.

Reff 1979b

Reff, Theodore. "The Pictures within Cézanne's Pictures." Arts Magazine 53, no. 10 (June 1979), fig. 12.

Ponente 1980

Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 9.

Harris 1982

Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 58, ill. in color.

Bernard, B. 1986

Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 121, ill.

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. 113, ill., as Nature morte à la soupière, c. 1877.

Lloyd 1992

Lloyd, Christopher. "Paul Cezanne, pupil of Pissarro: an artistic friendschip." Apollo (London) 136, no. 369 (November 1992), fig. 4 p. 286, as Still-life with a soup tureen, c. 1877.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 85, fig. 71.

Baron and Bonafoux 1993

Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 19, ill.

Arrouye 1995

Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, pp. 66-67, ill.

Coutagne 1995

Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne en Provence. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1995.

Kitschen 1995

Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 17.

Patin 1995

Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 17.

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. 302, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte à la soupière.

Reff 1997a

Reff, Theodore. Review of The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, by John Rewald, in collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. The Burlington Magazine 139, no. 1136 (November 1997), p. 800, agrees with H. Loyrette that the date should be 1873–74 (cf. Paris, 1995, p. 143).

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 186, fig. 117.

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. 13, ill. in color.

Brettell 2005

Brettell, Richard. "Pioneering Modern Painting: the Cézanne and Pissarro exhibition." The Burlington Magazine 147, no. 1231 (October 2005), pp. 680-681, fig. 37, as Still life with soup tureen, c. 1874.

Dittmann 2005

Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, p. 239, ill. in b/w.

Feilchenfeldt 2005c

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 205, ill.

Mothe et al. 2006

Mothe, Alain, et al. Cézanne à Auvers-sur-Oise. Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône: editions du Valharmeil, 2006, p. 72, ill.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 133; vol. 2, p. 99, as Nature morte à la soupière.

Warman 2011

Warman, Jayne. "Cézanne peintre des peintres." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 164, fig. 80, as Nature morte à la soupière.

Smith 2014

Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's Color Lab: Not-So-Still-Life." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 104/5, fig. 4, as Still Life with Soup.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 17 and 36bis, ill., as Nature morte à la soupière.

Notes

This still life was painted in Pissarro's studio in Pontoise. Cézanne borrowed a red shawl of his mother's to use as the tablecovering.The landscape in the background is by Pissarro and dated 1873; the painting of geese is unidentified. Pissarro's landscape also features in the background in his portrait of Cézanne, painted in 1874.

Camille Pissarro, Rue de Gisors, la maison du père Gallien, Pontoise, 1873. Private collection, U.S.A.

Camille Pissarro, Portrait de Paul Cézanne, 1874. National Gallery, London (On loan from Laurence Graff OBE)

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. "Nature morte à la soupière, 1877 (FWN 726)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=300 (accessed on July 12, 2025).