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 772
Quelques pommes
1879–80
Alternate titles: Acht Äpfel vor Blättertapete; Nature morte (inachevée); Nature morte: Pommes
Rewald (354): 1879–80; Venturi revised: 1879–82; Venturi (355): 1879–82
Oil on canvas
7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in. (18 x 23 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunstverein, Winterthur, Switzerland, Französische Malerei, October 29–November 26, 1916, no. 31, as Nature morte (inachevée), tentative identification, possibly lent by Brown. Traveled to: Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, January 10–February 4, 1917.
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, The World is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne, June 14–September 22, 2014, pl. 16, p. 195. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2014–January 31, 2015.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 355, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte: Pommes.
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 20, ill.
Deuchler, Florens. Die französischen Impressionisten und ihre Vorläufer. Baden: Stiftung "Langmatt" Sidney und Jenny Brown, 1990, no. 15, ill.
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 23, as Acht Äpfel vor Blättertapete.
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. 354, ill. vol. 2, as Quelques pommes.
Boehm, Gottfried. "Die Sprache der Dinge. Cézannes Stilleben." In Cézanne—Picasso—Braque. Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 5.
Breidbach, Angela. Anschauungsraum bei Cézanne. Cézanne und Helmholtz. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2003, p. 76, ill.
Preiswerk-Lösel, Eva-Maria, ed. A House for the Impressionists: The Langmatt Museum. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2005, pp. 170–71, ill., cat. no. 19, p. 257, dated 1880–82.
Notes
This composition of the apples in this fragment is related to Pommes et biscuits, 1879–80 (773).
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. "Quelques pommes, 1879–80 (FWN 772)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=350 (accessed on February 8, 2025).