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)
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FWN 764
Poires dans une assiette blanche
1879–80
Alternate titles: Assiette de poires; Nature morte
Rewald (357): 1879–80; Venturi revised: 1879–82; Venturi (350): 1879–82
Oil on canvas
7 3/8 x 15 in. (18.8 x 38 cm)
Private collection, U.S.A.
Provenance
Private collection;
Private collection, U.S.A.
Exhibition History
Marlborough Galleries, London, Masters of Modern Art from 1840–1960, June–August 1960, no. 28, ill. in color, as Nature morte, 1978-82.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 24. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cézanne: In and Out of Time, November 11, 2020–February 8, 2021, lent by Private Collection.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Paul Cézanne Influence, March 13–October 17, 2021.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 350, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte.
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. 357, ill. vol. 2, as Poires dans une assiette blanche.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 39, ill., as Assiette de poires, Collection Frantz Jourdain.
Notes
Rewald (1996, p. 237) described the colors in the composition: "The vivid green of the fruit is set against a background of such a dark green as to appear black at first glance; the shadow of the white plate at right is of the same dark color. This contrast provides the small painting with great power. The three pears are not of the same green; the one in the middle shows traces of red, and the one at the left turns more to yellow. The foreground brightens up toward the left, where it becomes nearly as brown yellow as the surface of the table beyond the shadow at right."
Record last updated August 19, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Poires dans une assiette blanche, 1879–80 (FWN 764)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=353 (accessed on December 8, 2024).
