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 750
Nature morte au tiroir ouvert
1877–79
Alternate titles: Nature au miroir; Nature morte au miroir; Nature Morte au Tiroir; Stilleben; Tiroir Ouvert
Rewald (343): 1877–79; Venturi revised: 1879–82; Venturi (495): 1883–85
Oil on canvas
13 x 16 1/8 in. (33 x 41 cm)
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 40, as Stilleben, lent by Private collection [Bernhard Koehler].
Galerie Rosenberg, Paris, L'art du XIXe siècle dans un décor ancien, February 1935, Installation photograph.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Le grand siècle, June 15–July 11, 1936, no. 1, as Nature morte au tiroir ouvert, 1880, lent by J.W.
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition of Works by Ingres to Van Gogh, February 25–March 25, 1937, no. 4, pl. II, as Nature morte au miroir, 1883-85.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Les Influences: Ingres à de Segonzac, May 3–13, May 18–June 4, 1938, no. 1, (dated 1885), as Tiroir Ouvert.
Bignou Gallery, New York, Significant Landmarks of 19th Century French Painting, February 20–March 25, 1939, no. 1.
Bignou Gallery, New York, A Selection of 19th and 20th Century French Painting, June–September 1939, no number.
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paintings and Watercolors by Cézanne, April 1–26, 1940, no. 6.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, The Age of Impressionism and Objective Realism, May 3–June 2, 1940, no. 9.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Aspects of French Painting from Cézanne to Picasso, January 15–March 2, 1941, no. 13.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, hors catalogue. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 7, ill., p. 44, as Nature morte au tiroir ouvert.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, De Cézanne à Giacometti : une grande donation aux musées de France [donation Philippe Meyer], October 17–November 19, 2000, no. 9, ill.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 73, ill.
Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Palazzo Pitti, Impressionisti a Palazzo Pitti : 12 capolavori dal Museo d’Orsay, September 24, 2013–January 5, 2014, n.n., pp. 82-85, ill., as Nature morte au tiroir ouvert.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 495, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte au miroir.
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 56.
Frost, Rosamund. Contemporary Art: The March of Art from Cézanne until Now. New York: Crown, 1942, p. 48, ill. dated 1883.
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. 343, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte au tiroir ouvert.
Schmidt-Bauer, Silvia. "Die Sammlung Bernhard Koehler." In Die Moderne und ihre Sammler: französische Kunst in deutschem Privatbesitz vom Kaiserreich zur Weimarer Republik, edited by Andrea Pophanken and Felix Billeter. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001, p. 272.
Berggruen, Olivier. "Das Reich des Optischen: Cézannes Aquarelle." In Cézanne in Berlin. Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, p. 11.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 138; vol. 2, p. 100, as Nature morte au tiroir ouvert.
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. 292, ill.
Record last updated October 28, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte au tiroir ouvert, 1877–79 (FWN 750)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=339 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
