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 783
Les Bégonias
1879–80 (possibly earlier)
Alternate titles: Les Pétunias; Les pots de fleurs; Nature morte aux bégonias; Pot de fleurs; Still Life; Still Life with Petunias; Stilleben mit Petunien in einem Topf
Rewald (470): 1879–80 (possibly earlier); Venturi revised: 1875–77; Venturi (198): 1875–76; Cooper: c.1883
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (46 x 54 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection (2014)
Exhibition History
Grafton Galleries, London, Manet and the Post-Impressionists, November 8, 1910–January 15, 1911, no. 12, as Les Pétunias, lent by Charles Pacquement.
Hôtel de la curiosité et des beaux-arts, Paris, Première exposition de collectionneurs au profit de la Société des amis de Luxembourg, March 10–April 10, 1924, no. 184, as Les pots de fleurs, lent by Pacquement.
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, Trente ans d’art indépendant: rétrospective de 1884 à 1914, February 20–March 21, 1926, no. 2873, as Pot de fleurs, lent by Pacquement.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Les fleurs et les fruits depuis le romantisme, December 18, 1942–March 1943, no. 31, as Pot de fleurs.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 22, ill. lent by Rosenberg. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Französische Malerei von Manet bis Matisse aus der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle / Zürich, October 5–November 23, 1958, no. 24, as Stilleben mit Petunien in einem Topf, possibly 1875/76.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Hauptwerke der Sammlung E.G. Bührle, December 1958–February 1959, no. 14.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Masterpieces of French Painting from the Bührle Collection, August 19–September 17, 1961, no. 33, ill., pl. 19a. Traveled to: National Gallery, London, 1961.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The Passionate Eye: Impressionist and Other Master Paintings from the Collection of Emil G. Bührle, Zürich, May 6–July 15, 1990, no. 40, ill., (dated c. 1885), as Still Life with Petunias, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, August 3–October 14, 1990; Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, November 2, 1990–January 13, 1991; Royal Academy of Arts, London, February 1–April 9, 1991.
Musée Maillol, Paris, 21 rue La Boétie, March 2–July 23, 2017, notice 18 p. 189, ill., as Nature morte aux bégonias, c. 1879, lent by Private collection.
Published References
Hind, C. Lewis. The Post Impressionists. London: Methuen, 1911, ill. opposite p. 8, as Still Life.
Mauny, Jacques. "The Charles Pacquement Collection." Arts 13, no. 1 (January 1928), p. 7, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 198, ill. vol. II, as Les Pétunias.
Nicolson, Bendict. "Post-Impressionism and Roger Fry." The Burlington Magazine 93, no. 574 (January 1951), p. 13, note 16.
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 118, fig. 1.
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. 470, ill. vol. 2, as Les Bégonias.
Bacou, Roseline. "Gustave Fayet Collectionneur." Cahiers de l'Association française pour la protection des archives privées II (2008), p. 62, as Les Pétunias.
Robins, Anna Gruetzner. "'Manet and the Post-Impressionists': a checklist of the exhibition." The Burlington Magazine 152, no. 1293 (December 2010), p. 784.
Guibourgé, Stéphane, Alexandre d'Andoque, and Magali Rougeot. Gustave Fayet, L'oeil souverain. Paris: Editions du regard, 2015, pp. 113, 209n110.
Gloor, Lukas. "Der Bestand der Sammlung Emil Bührle: Illustrierte Liste aller 633 Käufe." In Die Sammlung Emil Bührle: Geschichte, Gesamtkatalog und 70 Meisterwerke. München: Hirmer, 2021, p. 268, no. 249, fig. 249 p. 269, as Les Bégonias.
Record last updated February 3, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les Bégonias, 1879–80 (possibly earlier) (FWN 783)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=460 (accessed on April 20, 2024).
