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 744
Pommes et gâteaux
1877–79
Alternate titles: Apfel und Kuchen; Apples and Cakes; Mele e pasticcini; Nature morte; Nature morte à la brioche; Nature morte au compotier
Rewald (329): 1877–79; Venturi revised: c.1877; Cézanne fils: 1875–80; Venturi (196): 1873–77
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (46 x 55 cm)
Signed lower left in red: P. Cezanne
Vollard archives: photo no. 134, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1875–80; in another hand: 1878
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
6, rue Le Peletier, Paris, Troisième exposition de peinture, opening April 4, 1877, no. 17, 18 or 19, as Nature morte.
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Salle Cézanne, October 15–November 15, 1904, no. 20, as Nature morte, lent by Durand-Ruel.
Grafton Galleries, London, Pictures by Boudin, Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, January 16-February 18, 1905; extended until February 25, no. 43, (dated 1877), as Apples and Cakes.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Exposition de natures mortes par Monet, Cézanne, Renoir, etc., April 21–May 1908, no. 12, (dated 1877), as Pommes et gâteaux.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XI. Jahrgang, Winter 1908/1909, II. Ausstellung, October 15–November 8, 1908, no. 18, as Apfel und Kuchen.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 10, as Pommes et gâteaux, lent by Durand-Ruel.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Quelques œuvres importantes de Corot à Van Gogh, May 11–June 16, 1934, no. 3, as Pommes et gâteaux.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, The four Great Impressionists: Cézanne, Degas, Renoir, Manet, March 27–April 13, 1940, no. 2, ill.
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne (1839-1906) for the Benefit of Fighting France, November 19–December 19, 1942, no. 1, ill. lent by anon.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, Still Life: Manet to Picasso, March 8–31, 1944, no. 5, ill., as Pommes et gâteaux.
Orangerie, Paris, La nature morte de l'antiquité à nos jours, opening on April 16, 1952, no. 97, as Pommes et gâteaux, c. 1873-77, lent by M.M. Durand-Ruel, Paris.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 6, ill. p. [24], lent by Durand-Ruel. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Vier Eeuwen Stilleven in Frankrijk, July 10–September 20, 1954, no. 107, ill.
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Mostra di capolavori della pittura francese dell'ottocento, February–March 1955, no. 7, fig. 85, as Pommes et gâteaux, c. 1873-75. Traveled to: Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, April–May 1955.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Französische Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts, von David bis Cézanne, October 7, 1964–January 6, 1965, no. 20, ill.
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Französische Impressionisten: Hommage à Durand-Ruel, November 28, 1970–January 24, 1971, no. 6, ill.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Hommage à Paul Durand-Ruel, Cent ans d'impressionism, January 15–March 15, 1974, no. 11, ill., as Pommes et gâteaux, 1873-77, lent by Private collection.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 19. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, The World is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne, June 14–September 22, 2014, pl. 2, p. 39, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2014–January 31, 2015.
Published References
Ponsonailhe, Charles. "Le Salon d'Automne en 1904." Revue illustré 19, no. 21 (October 15, 1904), ill.
Pica, Vittorio. Gl'Impressionisti Francesi. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1908, p. 197, ill., as Mele e pasticcini.
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 20.
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 16 (illustration cropped).
Anonymous. "L'exposition Cézanne." L'Action française (Paris) (June 22, 1926), p. 2, as Pommes et gâteaux.
"Les derniers jours de l'exposition Cézanne: la causerie d'Ambroise Vollard." Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 7, no. 13 (July 1, 1926), ill. p. [194], as Nature morte au compotier.
Mounereau, Guy. "De Corot à van Gogh." L'Echo de Paris, June 11, 1934, p. 4, as Nature morte.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 196, ill. vol. II, as Pommes et gâteaux.
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 320, ill.
Bazin, Germain. "Métiers impressionnistes." L'Amour de l'art 27, nos. III & IV (1947), ill. p. 199 (detail).
Wahl, Marcelle. Création picturale et ordre cérébral. Paris: Éditions Ditis, 1964, pp. 100–04, fig. 15.
Rewald, John. "Chocquet et Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, periode 6 (July–August 1969), pp. 50, 55, fig. 16 p. 57; p. 82, no. 30.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 38, ill.
Monneret, Sophie. L'Impressionnisme et son époque, vol. 4. Paris: Denoël, 1981, p. 157, ill. hanging in the Durand-Ruel dining room (photograph erroneously dated 1896).
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 28.
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. 329, ill. vol. 2, as Pommes et gâteaux.
"Kollektion Lovis Corinth: Ausstellung 'Stilleben': 15. Oktober bis 10. November 1908." In Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910 vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 44, ill.
Warman, Jayne. "Chocquet und Cézanne – eine einzigartige Freundschaft." In Victor Chocquet – Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet. Bern and Munich: Bundesamt für Kultur and Hirmer Verlag, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, p. 162, pl. 74.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 37, ill., as Nature morte à la brioche.
Record last updated March 29, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pommes et gâteaux, 1877–79 (FWN 744)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=325 (accessed on December 4, 2024).