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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 737
Poterie, tasse et fruits sur une nappe blanche
c.1877
Alternate titles: Naturaleza muerta con jarrón, taza y manzanas; Nature morte; Nature morte avec pot, tasse et pommes; Pot, cup, and fruit on white cloth; Poterie, tasse et fruits; Still life; Still Life with Jar, Cup and Apples; Stillleben mit Gefäß, Tasse und Äpfeln
Rewald (322): c.1877; Venturi revised: c.1877; Venturi (213): c.1877; Gowing: 1877 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
23 13/16 x 29 in. (60.6 x 73.7 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 518, Annotated: 1877
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York (1901);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1929)
Exhibition History
1930b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The H.O. Havemeyer Collection, March 10–November 2, 1930, no. 7.1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 43, as Still life, lent by Metropolitan.1947d New York
A. Seligman-Helft Galleries, New York, French Still-Life from Chardin to Cézanne, October 29–November 22, 1947, no. 5, lent by Metropolitan Museum.1948 Columbus
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Springtime of Impressionism, April 3–May 2, 1948, no. 3.1949 Toronto
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Canadian National Exhibition, August 26–September 10, 1949.1951 Akron
Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio, [Masterpiece Series], 1951.1951–52 New York
French Embassy, New York, Gastronomy in the Fine Arts, November 29, 1951–January 30, 1952, no. 15.1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 20, ill. lent by Metropolitan Museum. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1956a Cincinnati
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 1956, no. 11.1956 Milwaukee and traveling
Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, Still Life Painting since 1470, September 1956, no. 11. Traveled to: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, October 1956.2006 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: chefs-d'œuvre de la peinture européenne, June 23–November 12, 2006, no. 50, ill., as Nature morte avec pot, tasse et pommes.2006–07 Barcelona
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, Grandes maestros de la pintura europea de The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York: De El Greco a Cézanne, December 1, 2006–March 4, 2007, no. 42, ill., as Naturaleza muerta con jarrón, taza y manzanas.2007b Berlin
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Französische Meisterwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 1–October 7, 2007, listed pp. 204-205, ill., as Stillleben mit Gefäß, Tasse und Äpfeln.2011–12 Paris
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 58, ill., p. 121, as Poterie, tasse et fruits sur une nappe blanche, lent by Metropolitan Museum.2012 Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 74, ill.Published References
Geffroy 1893
Geffroy Gustave. "L'Impressioinnisme." La Revue encyclopédique 73 (December 15, 1893), p. 1218, ill., as Nature morte.Saunier 1923
Saunier, Charles. Anthologie de la peinture française, La Peinture du XIXe siècle. Paris: Bibliothèque Larousse, 1923, p. 183, ill.Art News 1930
"Havemeyer Collection at the Metropolitan Museum." The Art News 28 (March 15, 1930), p. 49, ill. p. 49, as Still life.Mather 1930
Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr. "The Havemeyer Pictures." The Arts 16, no. 7 (March 1930), p. 483, ill.Wehle 1930
Wehle, Harry B. "The Exhibition of the H.O. Havemeyer Collection." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 25, no. 3 (March 1930), p. 58, ill.Beaux-arts 1930a
"Au Metropolitan Museum: La collection Havemeyer." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 4 (April 20, 1930), p. 8 (listed), as Nature morte.Parnassus 1930a
"The H.O. Havemeyer Collection." Parnassus 2 (March 1930), pp. 7–8, ill.Havemeyer 1931
H.O. Havemeyer Collection: Catalogue of Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Object of Art. Portland, Me.: [privately published], 1931, pp. 58– 59, ill.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 213, ill. vol. II, as Poterie, tasse et fruits.Storey 1952
Storey, Benjamin. "Retrospettiva Cézanne." Emporium 115, no. 689 (May 1952), p. 200, ill.Metropolitan Museum of Art 1958
H. O. Havemeyer Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958, p. 13, no. 65 (listed).Sterling and Salinger 1967
Sterling, Charles, and Margaretta M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. III. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967, pp. 98–99, ill.Baetjer 1980
Baetjer, Katherine. European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, p. 26, p. 614, ill.Moffett 1985
Moffett, Charles S. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985, pp. 180–81, ill.Weitzenhoffer 1986
Weitzenhoffer, Frances. The Havemeyers: Impressionism Comes to America. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 178.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 94, ill.Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 55, ill. in color.Hoog 1990
Hoog, Michel. "L'Oeuvre." In Sainte-Victoire Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990, p. 210, fig. 187.Jean 1990
Jean, Raymond. "L'objet Sainte-Victoire." In Sainte-Victoire Cezanne 1990. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, figs. 187 and 188 (upside down).Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 86, fig. 72.Wold 1993
Wold, Gretchen. "Appendix." In Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, no. 72, ill.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. 322, ill. vol. 2, as Poterie, tasse et fruits sur une nappe blanche.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 135; vol. 2, p. 99, as Poterie, tasse et fruits sur une nappe blanche.Colrat 2011a
Colrat, Jean. "Un motif." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 121, ill., as Poterie, tasse et fruits sur une nappe blanche.Schubert 2012
Schubert, Karsten. "Cézanne and Paris." The Burlington Magazine 154, no. 1309 (April 2012), fig. 69, as Pot, cup, and fruit on white cloth.Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 200, pl. 89.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. 130, fig. 16, as Still Life with Jar, Cup and Apples.Kalter-Wasserman 2018
Kalter-Wasserman, Sasha. "The Power to Astonish in Paul Cézanne's Still Life: Flask, Glass, and Jug." In Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim, Fontanella, Megan. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publication, 2018, p. 55, fig. 4.3, as Still Life with Jar, Cup and Apples.Kalter-Wasserman 2019
Kalter-Wasserman, Sasha. "Le pouvoir d'étonner: Fiasque, verre et poterie de Paul Cézanne." In Chefs-d'oeuvre du Guggenheim: de Manet à Picasso, la collection Thannhauser. Paris: Culturespace, Edition Hazan, 2019. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 25, as Poterie, tasse et fruits sur une nappe blanche.Smith 2021
Smith, Paul. "Cezanne's Non-Constructive Line." In Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 3.Notes
The wooden chest appears in an earlier work (Nature morte au médaillon de Solari, c.1872 (0000)) and the green banded cup with flowers is the same as in Tasse, verre et fruits, c.1877 (736).
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Poterie, tasse et fruits sur une nappe blanche, c.1877 (FWN 737)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=318 (accessed on April 24, 2024).
