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Catalogue entry

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)
Vollard archives: photo no. 168
Private collection

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Maurice Fabre, Béziers
Gustave Fayet, Paris (January 22, 1902)
Galerie E. Druet, Paris (1910)
Charles Pacquement, Paris;
Pacquement Collection, Galerie G. Petit, Paris, Dec. 12, 1932, no. 14, ill.
Sacha Guitry, Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York
Emil Georg Bührle, Zurich (Sept. 22, 1952);
Hortense Anda-Bührle, Zurich (1960);
Private collection (2014)
Exhibition History
1895 Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895, Fabre buys.
1910–11 London
Grafton Galleries, London, Manet and the Post-Impressionists, November 8, 1910–January 15, 1911, no. 12, as Les Pétunias, lent by Charles Pacquement.
1924b Paris
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.
1926a Paris
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.
1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
1942–43 Paris
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Les fleurs et les fruits depuis le romantisme, December 18, 1942–March 1943, no. 31, as Pot de fleurs.
1952 Chicago and traveling
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.
1958 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, June 8–September 30, 1958, no. 217.
1958 Berlin
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.
1958–59 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Hauptwerke der Sammlung E.G. Bührle, December 1958–February 1959, no. 14.
1961 Edinburgh and traveling
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.
1990 Washington, D.C. and traveling
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.
2017a Paris
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 1911
Hind, C. Lewis. The Post Impressionists. London: Methuen, 1911, ill. opposite p. 8, as Still Life.
Mauny 1928
Mauny, Jacques. "The Charles Pacquement Collection." Arts 13, no. 1 (January 1928), p. 7, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 198, ill. vol. II, as Les Pétunias.
Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 12.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 42, listed p. 149.
Nicolson 1951
Nicolson, Bendict. "Post-Impressionism and Roger Fry." The Burlington Magazine 93, no. 574 (January 1951), p. 13, note 16.
Wattenmaker et al 1993
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 118, fig. 1.
Arrouye 1995
Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, p. 47, ill.
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. 470, ill. vol. 2, as Les Bégonias.
Bacou 2008
Bacou, Roseline. "Gustave Fayet Collectionneur." Cahiers de l'Association française pour la protection des archives privées II (2008), p. 62, as Les Pétunias.
Robins 2010
Robins, Anna Gruetzner. "'Manet and the Post-Impressionists': a checklist of the exhibition." The Burlington Magazine 152, no. 1293 (December 2010), p. 784.
Guibourgé et al 2015
Guibourgé, Stéphane, Alexandre d'Andoque, and Magali Rougeot. Gustave Fayet, L'oeil souverain. Paris: Editions du regard, 2015, pp. 113, 209n110.
Gloor 2021
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 24, 2024).