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Catalogue entry

FWN 741
Compotier et assiette de biscuits
c.1877
Alternate titles: Biscuits i pomes; Compote and Plate of Biscuits; Compotier and Plate of Biscuits; Compotier de fruits et biscuits; Fruit Bowl and Plate of Biscuits; Les biscuits; Nature morte; Nature morte aux biscuits; Still Life; Stilleben
Rewald (325): c.1877; Venturi revised: c.1877; Cézanne fils: 1877; Venturi (209): c.1877; Rivière: 1883; Gowing: 1877 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
20 7/8 x 24 13/16 in. (53 x 63 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 215, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1877
Private collection

Keywords

Provenance
Julien-François (Père) Tanguy, Paris
Victor Vignon
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (June 26, 1898)
Alexandre Rosenberg, Paris (Dec. 16, 1898)
Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris;
Josse Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, London, and New York
Edwin C. Vogel, New York (1947)
Sam Salz, New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York (1971)
George S. Livanos, St. Moritz (1971)
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Private collection, Japan
Christie's, New York, Nov. 6, 2007, no. 29, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1905b Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, 3e exposition, October 18–November 25, 1905, no. 314, tentative identification, based on description in Gil Blas.
1925 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition d'oeuvres des XIXe et XX siècles, June 19–August 1, 1925, no. 11, as Nature morte aux biscuits.
1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
1934 Glasgow
McLellan Gallery, Glasgow, United Kingdom, French Painting in the XIXth Century, May 1934, no. 8.
1934b London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Renoir, Cézanne and Their Contemporaries, June 1934, no. 4, as Compotier de fruits et biscuits, 1884, lent by Josse.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 34, pl. XXXIV, p. 121 (dated c. 1874), as Nature morte aux biscuits, lent by J. & G. Bernheim-Jeune.
1937a Paris
Palais National des Arts, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvres de l'art français [World's Fair], June–October 1937, no. 248, as Nature morte aux biscuits, lent by Josse Bernheim-Jeune.
1938b Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 17, as Les biscuits, lent by Josse Bernheim-Jeune.
1948b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Six Masters of Post-Impressionism, April 8–May 8, 1948, no. 1, ill., as Compotier et assiette de biscuits, lent by Vogel.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 26, ill. lent by Vogel. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1959d New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1959, no. 18, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Vogel.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 14, ill. lent by Vogel.
1961e New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1961, no. 20, lent by Edwin C. Vogel.
1968 New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Collects: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from Private Collections, July 3–September 2, 1968, no. 38, as Compote and Plate of Biscuits, lent by Edwin C. Vogel.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 48, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
1997 Kasama
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan, Cézanne, October 4–November 30, 1997, no. 9, ill.
1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 77, ill., as Compotier et assiette de biscuits, lent by Private collection, Japan. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
2001–02 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Impressionist Still Life, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002, pp. 116, 117, pl. 46, as Compotier and Plate of Biscuits, lent by Private collection, Japan. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17–June 9, 2002.
2009 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 81, p. 254, as Compotier et assiette de biscuits, lent by Private collection.
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1904
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne und sein Kreis: Paul Cézanne." In Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst: vergleichende Betrachtungen der bildenden Künste, als Beitrag zu einer neuen Aesthetik vol. 1. Stuttgart: Jul. Hoffmann, 1904, pl. 64 (vol. 3), as Stilleben.
Meier-Graefe 1907b
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Paul Cézanne." Volné směry (Prague) 11 (1907), ill. p. 96.
Meier-Graefe 1908
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne and his Circle: Paul Cézanne." In Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of Aesthetics. vol. I, translated by Florence Simmonds and George W. Chrystal. London: Heinemann, 1908, ill. between pp. 268, 269, as Still Life.
Hourticq 1911
Hourticq, Louis. Art in France. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1911, fig. 813.
Bernheim-Jeune 1914
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. Cézanne. With contributions by O. Mirbeau, T. Duret, L. Werth, et al. Paris: Editions Hollande, 1914, pl. XXXIII.
Sacs 1914
Sacs, Joan. "Les natures-mortes den Pau Cézanne." Revista nova (Barcelona) Year I, no. 22 (September 3, 1914), ill. p. 11, as Biscuits i pomes, Private collection.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 159.
Bernheim-Jeune 1919
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. L'Art moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois: cent-soixante-treize planches d'après la collection privée de MM. J. & G. Bernheim-Jeune, poèmes de Henri de Régnier , 2 vols. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1919, pl. 25.
Gasquet 1921b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, p. 59, pl. (color) p. 58, as Nature morte.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 191.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 211, listed.
Meier-Graefe 1924
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne." In Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst vol. 3. Munich: R. Piper & Co., [1924] (copyright 1915), pl. 499, as Stilleben.
Arishima 1925
Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 36.
Gasquet 1926
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1926, p. 95, pl. (color) p. 94, as Nature morte.
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 81, as Stilleben, 1885.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LX.
Gasquet 1930b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 74.
Guenne 1931
Guenne, Jacques. "Chronique artistique: Une rétrospective Cézanne." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 149 (June 1931), ill. p. 254.
Rivière 1933
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 91, ill.
Fry 1934
Fry, Roger. "An Exhibition of French Painting." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 65, no. 376 (July 1934), p. 30, as Compotier de fruits et biscuits.
Zervos 1934
Zervos, Christian. "Renoir, Cézanne, leurs contemporains et la jeune peintre anglaise." Cahiers d'Art, nos. 5–8 (1934), p. 126, ill.
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. 4.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 209, ill. vol. II, as Compotier et assiette de biscuits.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 51, listed.
Rivière 1942
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 95, ill.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 40, listed p. 149.
Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, fig. 15 (with erroneous Venturi no.), p. 71.
Gowing 1956
Gowing, Lawrence. "Notes on the Development of Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 98, no. 639 (June 1956), p. 188.
Guerry 1966
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 21.
Kitschen 1995
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 29.
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. 325, ill. vol. 2, as Compotier et assiette de biscuits.
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. 16, ill. in color.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 137; vol. 2, p. 100, as Compotier et assiette de biscuits.
Elderfield 2009
Elderfield, John. "Picasso's Extreme Cézanne." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 254, pl. 81, as Compotier and Plate of Biscuits.
Shiff 2009a
Shiff, Richard. "Lucky Cézanne (Cézanne Tychique)." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 63, ill., p. 254, pl. 81, as Compotier and Plate of Biscuits.
Société Paul Cézanne 2011
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: À Paris et en Île de France. ed., Denis Coutagne. Marseille: Éditions Crès, 2011, p. 36, ill., as Compotier et assiette de biscuits.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 191, pl. 82.
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. 4.4, as Fruit Bowl and Plate of Biscuits.
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. 26, as Compotier et assiette de biscuits.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 10bis, ill., as Compotier de fruits et biscuits (installation photographs from 1925 exhibition, p. 115, 1931, p. 122, as well as interior of Bernheim-Jeune residence, p. 9, and Josse's, pp. 10, 11, 13).
Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 71.
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. 4.
Record last updated March 7, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Compotier et assiette de biscuits, c.1877 (FWN 741)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=321 (accessed on April 24, 2024).