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 746
Le Buffet
1877–79
Alternate titles: Buffet; Buffet avec Fruits et Gateaux; Das Büffet; Il "Buffet"; Le Buffet (nature morte); Still Life; Stilleben; Stilleben - Buffet; The Buffet
Rewald (338): 1877–79; Venturi revised: c.1877; Cézanne fils: L'Estaque 1883; Venturi (208): 1873–77; Rivière: 1881
Oil on canvas
25 13/16 x 31 7/8 in. (65.5 x 81 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3477, huile; un buffet dont la tablette basse est couverte d'une nappe avec des fruits et d'une assiette de biscuits; la tablette supérieure soutient des tasses et un sucrier, 65 x 81 cm (200 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 15–December 1899, no. 33, as Buffet avec Fruits et Gateaux.
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, 4e exposition, October 6–November 15, 1906, no. 320, as Le Buffet (nature morte), lent by Vollard.
Galerie Miethke, Dorotheergasse 11 and Graben 17, Vienna, [Französische Kunst der Gegenwart (Gauguin-Ausstellung)], March 15–April 28, 1907, no. 94, as Stilleben - Buffet, lent by Vollard.
Nemzeti Salon, Budapest, Hungary, Gauguin, Cézanne, et al, May 1907, no. 82, lent by Vollard.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 39, as Stilleben, lent by Private collection [Nemes].
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, [Nemes Collection], November 1910, no. 72, as Still Life.
Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, Sammlung Marczell von Nemes, Budapest, Summer 1912, no. 115, ill.
Biennale Internationale d'Arte, Venice, Italy, Gli Impressionisti alla XXIV Biennale di Venezia, May 29–September 30, 1948, no. 42, ill., as Il "Buffet", c. 1873–77, lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Maîtres étrangers des XIXe et XXe siècles, 1956, no. 14, pl. 5.
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Francia festők: Delacroix-tól Picassóig (Prága-Berlin-Budapest), 1965, listed p. 10 [no. 11], ill.
Národní galerie v Praze – Sternberg Palace, Prague, Francouzské malířstvi od Delacroix k Picassovi [French Painting from Delacroix to Picasso], June 10–August 1965, no. 47, ill., cover (detail). Traveled to: Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary, 1965; Nationalgalerie, Berlin, September–October 1965.
Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Von Delacroix bis Picasso: ein Jahrhundert französischer Malerei, September–October 1965, listed p. 30, ill. in b/w p. 116, as Das Büffet, c. 1873-77.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 41, ill., as Le Buffet, shown in Vienna only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 9, ill. p. 51, as Le Buffet, lent by Szépmüvészeti Museum, Budapest.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 85, ill., as Le Buffet, 1880.
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Marcel Nemes, Art Patron and Collector, October 26, 2011–February 19, 2012, no. 93, ill., as The Buffet, 1874–77.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 96, ill.
Albertinum, Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany, Constable, Delacroix, Friedrich, Goya: Die Erschütterung der Sinne / A Shock to the Senses, March 16–July 14, 2013, pp. 96 and 184, ill., as Das Buffet, 1877.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne e gli artisti italiani del '900, October 5, 2013–February 2, 2014, no. 7, ill.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 29, ill.
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, The World is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne, June 14–September 22, 2014, pl. 11, p. 89. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2014–January 31, 2015.
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre de Budapest, March 9–July 10, 2016, no. 66, ill.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 13, ill.
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction, October 28, 2021–February 13, 2022, no. 97, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 52, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Thiébault-Sisson, François. "Un Isolé du groupe impressionniste, Cézanne." Le Temps, November 16, 1899, mentioned.
Térey, Gabriel von. "Die Sammlung Marcell von Nemes in Budapest." Kunst und Künstler 9, no. 5 (1911), ill. p. 224.
Anonymous. "Sammlungen: Das Museum der bildende Künste in Budapest." Kunstchronik: Wochenschrift für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Neue Folge XXVIII, no. 29 (April 20, 1917), col. 304, as Le Buffet.
Petrovics, Elek. "As Orszagos Magyar Szepmuveszeti Muzeum Evkonyvei." Jahrbücher des Ungarischen Nationalen Museums der Schönen Künste.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 209, listed.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 208, ill. vol. II, as Le Buffet.
Modern külföldi képtár. Budapest: Múzeumok Központi Propaganda Irodája, 1959, p. 12, ill., as Buffet.
Genthon, István. Du romantisme au post-impressionnisme: Tableaux français en Hongrie: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Budapest. Budapest: Editions Corvina, 1964, pls. 39–40.
Gerlötei, Eugène. "L'ancienne collection François de Hatvany." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 67, periode 6 (May–June 1966), p. 365, fig. 14, as Le Buffet (with erroneous acquisition dates).
Guide to the Collections. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, p. 62, ill.
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. 338, ill. vol. 2, as Le Buffet.
Natter, Tobias. Die Galerie Miethke: Eine Kunsthandlung im Zentrum der Moderne. Vienna: Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 2003. Exhibition catalogue, p. 158, ill.
Fraisset, Michel. "La vite silenziose di Cézanne." In Cézanne: les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 63, fig. 37.
Molnos, Péter. "The Works of Paul Cézanne in Hungarian Private Collections." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 204, cat. 96, ill. (detail), as The Buffet.
Geskó, Judit. "'Builderly' Painting: The Making of an Exhibition." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 21, cat. 96, ill., as The Buffet.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektion Paul Cézanne: 17. November bis 12. Dezember 1909." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910. vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 293, ill.
Brettell, Richard. "Cézanne still lifes: Philadelphia and Hamilton." The Burlington Magazine 156, no. 1340 (November 2014), fig. 75, as The Buffet.
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 18.
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 72.
Geskó, Judit. "Abstraction and Meaning, The Budapest Holy Family with Saint Anne." In El Greco. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2022. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 57.
Record last updated February 3, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Buffet, 1877–79 (FWN 746)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=334 (accessed on July 11, 2025).
