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Catalogue entry

FWN 742
Le Plat de pommes
c.1877 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Apples; Dish of Apples; Nature morte; Plat de pommes; Schale mit Äpfeln; Still Life with Apples; Stilleben
Rewald (348): 1877 (possibly later); Venturi revised: c.1877; Cézanne fils: c.1877; Venturi (207): 1873–77; Rivière: 1883; Ratcliffe: possibly 1876
Oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 21 5/8 in. (45.5 x 55 cm)
Signed lower right in red: P. Cezanne
Vollard archives: photo no. 126, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1877
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection)

Keywords

Provenance
Victor Chocquet, Paris;
Mme veuve Chocquet (née Marie Buisson) (1891);
Chocquet Collection, Galerie G. Petit, Paris, July 1–4, 1899, no. 31
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, London, and New York
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg, Palm Springs;
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2003)
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. 21, 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. 45, (dated 1877), as Apples.
1908 Paris
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Exposition de natures mortes par Monet, Cézanne, Renoir, etc., April 21–May 1908, no. 14, (dated 1877), as Le Plat de pommes.
1908b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XI. Jahrgang, Winter 1908/1909, II. Ausstellung, October 15–November 8, 1908, no. 19, as Schale mit Äpfeln.
1923c Paris
Chambre syndicale de la Curiosité, 18, rue de la Ville-l'Evêque, Paris, L'Art français au service de la science française, April 25–May 15, 1923, no. 164, as Le Plat de pommes, lent by Durand-Ruel.
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. 11, as Le Plat de pommes, lent by Durand-Ruel.
1927c Berlin
Galerie Thannhauser, Vereinshaus der Berliner Künstler, Berlin, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January 9–mid-February, 1927, no. 16, ill., as Stilleben, lent by Durand-Ruel?
1932a Paris
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Quelques oeuvres importantes de Manet à van Gogh, February–March 1932, no. 4, ill., as Le Plat de pommes, 1877.
1934e Paris
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Quelques œuvres importantes de Corot à Van Gogh, May 11–June 16, 1934, no. 4, as Le Plat de pommes.
1938c New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, Cézanne, March 28–April 19, 1938, no. 3.
1940a New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, The four Great Impressionists: Cézanne, Degas, Renoir, Manet, March 27–April 13, 1940, no. 4, 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. 2, ill. lent by anon.
1944a New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, Still Life: Manet to Picasso, March 8–31, 1944, no. 4, ill., as Le Plat de pommes.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 19, lent by Pierre Durand-Ruel.
1969b London
Tate Gallery, London, The Annenberg Collection, September 2–October 8, 1969, no. 5, ill.
1989 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection, May 21–September 17, 1989, n.n., pp. 74–75, ill., as Dish of Apples, 1875-80. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, May 6–August 5, 1990; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, August 16–November 15, 1990; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 4–October 13, 1991.
Published References
Royère 1912
Royère, Jean. "Paul Cézanne, Erinnerungen." Kunst und Künstler 10, no. 10 (1912), ill. p. 486, as Stilleben.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 45.
Zeisho 1921
Zeisho, Atzouji. Paul Cézanne. Tokyo: Rakuyodo, Taisho, 1921, fig. 8.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 211, listed.
Bernard 1925
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 69.
Thiébault-Sisson 1926
Thiébault-Sisson, François. "L'exposition Cézanne." Le Temps (Paris) (June 8, 1926), p. 4, as Plat de pommes.
Berthelot 1932
Berthelot, Pierre. "Les expositions." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 3 (March 25, 1932), ill. p. 23, as Le Plat de pommes.
Mounereau 1934
Mounereau, Guy. "De Corot à van Gogh." L'Echo de Paris, June 11, 1934, p. 4, as Nature morte.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 25.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 207, ill. vol. II, as Le Plat de pommes.
Frankfurter 1938a
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Cézanne: Intimate Exhibition." Art News 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), ill.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 20.
Rewald 1969
Rewald, John. "Chocquet et Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, periode 6 (July–August 1969), pp. 50, 55-56, fig. 15 p. 55; p. 84, no. 31.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 15.
Reff 1979b
Reff, Theodore. "The Pictures within Cézanne's Pictures." Arts Magazine 53, no. 10 (June 1979), fig. 16.
Monneret 1981
Monneret, Sophie. L'Impressionnisme et son époque, vol. 4. Paris: Denoël, 1981, p. 157, ill. hanging in Durand-Ruel dining room (photograph erroneously dated 1896).
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 118, ill.
Rewald 1986d
Rewald, John. "Chocquet and Cézanne." In Studies in Impressionism, Edited by Irene Gordon and Frances Weitzenhoffer. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986, p. 145, fig. 78, as Still Life with Apples.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 132, ill. in color.
Coignard 1991
Coignard, Jérôme. "Le Salon de peinture de Mr. and Mrs. Annenberg." Beaux-arts magazine (Paris) 92 (July - August 1991), p. 64, ill., as Plat de pommes.
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. 348, ill. vol. 2, as Le Plat de pommes.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, pp. 188-89, fig. 118.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 134; vol. 2, p. 98, as Le Plat de pommes.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection - New Edition. Stein, Susan Alyson and Asher Ethan Miller. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, no. 27, ill.
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. 59, ill.
Shiff 2014
Shiff, Richard. "Morality, Materiality, Apples." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 179, fig. 12, as Dish of Apples.
Smith 2014
Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's Color Lab: Not-So-Still-Life." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 129, fig. 15, as Dish of Apples.
Reinhard-Felice 2015
Reinhard-Felice, Mariantonia. "Im Banne des Impressionismus – Victor Chocquet und Oskar Reinhart." 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. 22, pl. 5.
Société Paul Cezanne 2019
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, figs. 77, 174 pp. 95, 183.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 26, ill., as Nature morte.
Clark 2022
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pl. 10.
Notes

This still life was painted at the Jas de Bouffan. A section of the verso of the paravent Paravent avec scènes champêtres et ornements, c.1859 (560), once thought to be by the artist,  is seen in the background, and the sugar pot, first painted into a early stil life Sucrier, poires et tasse bleue, 1865–66 (706), sits on the table.

Le Plat de pommes, c.1877 (possibly later) (FWN 742). Verso of the paravent (no. 560). Cézanne painted into the background of this still life a lower portion of the fourth panel from the left
Verso of the paravent (no. 560). Cézanne painted into the background of this still life a lower portion of the fourth panel from the left
Record last updated March 26, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Plat de pommes, c.1877 (possibly later) (FWN 742)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=344 (accessed on April 24, 2024).