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Catalogue entry

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

Keywords

Provenance
Victor Chocquet, Paris;
Mme veuve Chocquet (née Marie Buisson) (1891);
Chocquet Collection, Galerie G. Petit, Paris, July 1–4, 1899, no. 30
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York;
Private collection, Paris;
Christie's, New York, Nov. 1, 2005, no. 4, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1877 Paris
6, rue Le Peletier, Paris, Troisième exposition de peinture, opening April 4, 1877, no. 17, 18 or 19, as Nature morte.
1904b Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Salle Cézanne, October 15–November 15, 1904, no. 20, as Nature morte, lent by Durand-Ruel.
1905 London
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.
1908 Paris
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.
1908b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XI. Jahrgang, Winter 1908/1909, II. Ausstellung, October 15–November 8, 1908, no. 18, as Apfel und Kuchen.
1926b Paris
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.
1931d Paris
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Fleurs et natures mortes, December 5–9, 1931, no. 8.
1934e Paris
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Quelques œuvres importantes de Corot à Van Gogh, May 11–June 16, 1934, no. 3, as Pommes et gâteaux.
1938c New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, Cézanne, March 28–April 19, 1938, no. 4.
1940a New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, The four Great Impressionists: Cézanne, Degas, Renoir, Manet, March 27–April 13, 1940, no. 2, ill.
1942d New York
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.
1944a New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, Still Life: Manet to Picasso, March 8–31, 1944, no. 5, ill., as Pommes et gâteaux.
1952h Paris
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.
1953 Aix-en-Provence and traveling
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.
1954 Rotterdam
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Vier Eeuwen Stilleven in Frankrijk, July 10–September 20, 1954, no. 107, ill.
1955 Rome and traveling
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.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 20, lent by Durand-Ruel.
1964–65 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Französische Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts, von David bis Cézanne, October 7, 1964–January 6, 1965, no. 20, ill.
1970–71 Hamburg
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Französische Impressionisten: Hommage à Durand-Ruel, November 28, 1970–January 24, 1971, no. 6, ill.
1974a Paris
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.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
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.
2014–15 Philadelphia and traveling
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 1904
Ponsonailhe, Charles. "Le Salon d'Automne en 1904." Revue illustré 19, no. 21 (October 15, 1904), ill.
Pica 1908
Pica, Vittorio. Gl'Impressionisti Francesi. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1908, p. 197, ill., as Mele e pasticcini.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 45.
Bernard 1925
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 20.
Bernard 1926a
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 16 (illustration cropped).
Anonymous 1926b
Anonymous. "L'exposition Cézanne." L'Action française (Paris) (June 22, 1926), p. 2, as Pommes et gâteaux.
Le Bulletin de la Vie artistique 1926c
"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 1934
Mounereau, Guy. "De Corot à van Gogh." L'Echo de Paris, June 11, 1934, p. 4, as Nature morte.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. LXXXIV p. 117.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 196, ill. vol. II, as Pommes et gâteaux.
Rewald 1946
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 320, ill.
Bazin 1947b
Bazin, Germain. "Métiers impressionnistes." L'Amour de l'art 27, nos. III & IV (1947), ill. p. 199 (detail).
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 37, listed pp. 148-149.
Wahl 1964
Wahl, Marcelle. Création picturale et ordre cérébral. Paris: Éditions Ditis, 1964, pp. 100–04, fig. 15.
Rewald 1969
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 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 38, ill.
Monneret 1981
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 1995
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 28.
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. 329, ill. vol. 2, as Pommes et gâteaux.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013c
"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 2015
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 2020
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 March 28, 2024).