loading loading

Catalogue entry

FWN 753
Poires et couteau
1877–78
Alternate titles: Fruit and Knife; Pears and Knife
Rewald (347): 1877–78; Venturi revised: 1879–82; Venturi (349): 1879–82
Oil on canvas
8 1/16 x 12 3/16 in. (20.5 x 31 cm)
Christie's, London

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Cornelis Hoogendijk, Amsterdam
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York (1920)
Charles Vignier, Paris
Marius de Zayas, New York
Lillie P. Bliss, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Lillie P. Bliss Bequest);
The Museum of Modern Art sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 11, 1944, no. 77, ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Helft, New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Payson, New York;
Private collection, New York;
Sotheby's, London, Feb. 5, 2008, no. 55, ill.
Chowaiki & Co., New York
Private collection
Christie's, London, Feb. 4, 2014, no. 19, ill.
Exhibition History
1926 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926, no. 2, ill. lent by Miss Bliss.
1931–32 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 3, ill., as Fruit and Knife. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.
1934c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 6.
1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 6, (dated c. 1876–78), as Pears and Knife, lent by Museum of Modern Art.
1947d New York
A. Seligman-Helft Galleries, New York, French Still-Life from Chardin to Cézanne, October 29–November 22, 1947, no. 4, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Helft.
1957 London
Lefevre Gallery, London, XIX and XX Century French Paintings, March–April 1957, no. 2, ill., as Poires et couteau.
1957b London
Lefevre Gallery, London, XIX and XX Century French Paintings, October 3–November 9, 1957, no. 2, ill., as Poires et couteau.
1980 Kyoto and traveling
Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, The Joan Whitney Payson Collection, September 13–October 12, 1980, no. 36, ill. Traveled to: Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, October 17–December 9, 1980.
2001–02 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Impressionist Still Life, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002, pp. 116, 117, pl. 47, as Pears and Knife, lent by Ashley Associates. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17–June 9, 2002.
Published References
Pène du Bois 1931
Pène du Bois, Guy. "The Lillie P. Bliss Collection." Arts 17, no. 9 (June 1931), p. 610.
Klein 1934
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 3.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 349, ill. vol. II, as Poires et couteau.
Barr 1942
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 30, no. 86, as Pears and Knife.
Henkels 1993
Henkels, Herbert. "Cézanne en Van Gogh in het Rijksmuseum voor Moderne Kunst in Amsterdam: De collectie van Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866–1911)." Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 41, nos. 3–4 (1993), fig. 163.
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. 347, ill. vol. 2, as Poires et couteau.
Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 115, fig. 5, as Pears and Knife.
Record last updated May 5, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Poires et couteau, 1877–78 (FWN 753)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=343 (accessed on April 20, 2024).