The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 731
Le Vase de fleurs
1877–78
Alternate titles: Bouquet de fleurs; Fiori; Pot de fleurs; Vase de fleurs
Rewald (314): 1877–78; Venturi revised: 1875–77; Venturi (199): 1875–76
Oil on canvas
12 3/16 x 14 5/16 in. (31 x 36.4 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3524, un bouquet de fleurs de champs dans un petit vase blanc, 31 x 36 cm (75 frs)
Private collection, Japan
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, Japan
Exhibition History
Biennale, Venice, Italy, Mostra Individuale di Paul Cézanne, April 15–October 31, 1920, no. 10, (dated 1880), as Fiori, lent by Fabbri.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 21, as Bouquet de fleurs, lent by Fabbri.
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Les fleurs et les fruits depuis le romantisme, December 18, 1942–March 1943, no. 30, as Vase de fleurs.
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Beautés de la Provence, December 1947–January 1948.
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 12, ill. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 199, ill. vol. II, as Pot de fleurs.
Auzas, Pierre. Peintures de Cézanne. Paris: Editions du Chêne, 1946, pl. VI (in color), as Pot de fleurs, dated 1875–76.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 138, ill. in color.
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. 314, ill. vol. 2, as Le Vase de fleurs.
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 259, fig. 7, as Le Vase de fleurs.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 132; vol. 2, p. 98, as Le Vase de fleurs.
Record last updated July 25, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Vase de fleurs, 1877–78 (FWN 731)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=311 (accessed on February 7, 2025).