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 759
Sept pommes et tube de couleur
1878–79
Alternate titles: Nature morte or Sept pommes; Pommes et tube de couleurs; Sette mele e tubo di colore; Seven Apples
Rewald (332): 1878–79; Venturi revised: 1873–77; Venturi (195): 1873–77
Oil on canvas
6 11/16 x 9 3/8 in. (17 x 24 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 1, as Seven Apples, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 14, ill. lent by Musée Cantonal.
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 6, ill. 1873-77. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 6, ill.
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 14, 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.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 122, ill., as Sette mele e tubo di colore, lent by Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne.
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 231, ill. p. 77, as Sept pommes et tube de couleur.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 11, ill. p. 301, as Sept pommes et tube de couleur, lent by Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 105, ill., as Sept pommes et tube de couleur.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 43, ill.
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, The World is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne, June 14–September 22, 2014, pl. 14, p. 165. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2014–January 31, 2015.
Published References
"Cézanne at Montross." American Art News 14, no. 14 (January 8, 1916), p. 2 (mentioned), as Seven Apples.
"A Representative Group of Cézannes Here." New York Times Magazine, January 2, 1916, p. 21.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 195, ill. vol. II, as Pommes et tube de couleurs.
Coutagne, Denis. "Le retour de l'enfant prodigue." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984, ill. p. 68.
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 41, pl. 14.
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 1, ill.
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 290, fig. 144.
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 20.
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. 332, ill. vol. 2, as Sept pommes et tube de couleur.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 142; vol. 2, p. 101, as Sept pommes et tube de couleur.
Eiling, Alexander, Anett Göthe, Astrid Reuter, Bettina Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Höllerer, Juliane Betz and Julia Lachenmann. "Catalog." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 254 fig. 2.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 47, ill., as Nature morte or Sept pommes.
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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. "Sept pommes et tube de couleur, 1878–79 (FWN 759)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=328 (accessed on March 20, 2025).