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 785
Nature morte, rose et fruits
c.1880 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Fleurs et citron; Fleurs et fruits; Flowers and Fruits; Les citrons; Nature morte au citron; Nature morte: Fleurs et fruits; Pot à fleurages et citron
Rewald (471): c.1880 (possibly later); Venturi revised: 1879–82; Venturi (359): 1879–82
Oil on canvas
13 13/16 x 8 5/16 in. (35 x 21 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 4119, huile; roses dans deux [vases?] ]noires, à coté 3 fruits rouge, jaune, vert; le fond inachevé, 35 x 45 cm (before divided into two works) (100 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4213, Fleurs dans vase et fruits, 35 x 45 cm (500 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914, no. 25, as Pot à fleurages et citron.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, French Painting: Cézanne to the Present, December 7, 1935–January 5, 1936, no. 5.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 69, (dated c. 1886), as Fleurs et fruits, lent by Mme Guillaume.
Orangerie, Paris, Collection Jean Walter – Paul Guillaume, January 1966, no. 8, ill.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 31, ill. in b/w, as Fleurs et citron.
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Georgie, Tbilisi, Georgia, Impressionnistes et post-impressionnistes des musées français: de Manet à Matisse, 1981, no. 8, ill., as Fleurs et citron. Traveled to: Musée de l’Ermitage, Leningrad, Russian Federation, 1981.
Musée du Prieuré, Saint Germain-en-Laye, France, Le Chemin de Gauguin, October 7, 1985–March 2, 1986, no. 79, ill., p. 54.
Musée des Beaux-Arts Bunkamura, Tokyo, Chefs d’œuvre du Musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume, November 14, 1998–February 14, 1999, no. 6, ill., as Fleurs et fruits. Traveled to: Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan, February 23–April 7, 1999; Musée départemental d'arts, Hiroshima, Japan, April 17–June 27, 1999; Musée départemental d'art moderne, Niigata, Japan, July 10–September 12, 1999; Musée national d'art moderne, Kyoto, Japan, September 21–November 14, 1999; Musée d'art moderne, Taipei, Taiwan, November 4, 1999–March 1, 2000; Museum of fine arts, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, 2000.
Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, From Renoir to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Orangerie, June 1–October 15, 2000, no. 21, ill. c. 1880 (no. 20 in Barcelona catalogue). Traveled to: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, November 12, 2000–February 25, 2001; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, March 29–May 20, 2001; Art Gallery New Soth Wales, Sydney, June 1–July 29, 2001; National Gallery of Victoria on Russell, Melbourne, Australia, August 10–September 30, 2001; Fundación La Caixa - CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain, April 11–June 30, 2002.
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France, Cézanne: quartoze chefs-œuvres du musée de l'Orangerie, December 16, 2003–April 15, 2004, no. 6, ill., as Fleurs et fruits.
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy, Cézanne, Renoir: 30 capolavori dal Musée de l'Orangerie. I 'classici' dell'Impressionismo dalla collezione Paul Guillaume, March 22–July 3, 2005, no number, pp. 94–96, ill., as Fleurs et fruits, with no. 786, p. 95, and in color p. 96.
Musée André Diligent, la Piscine, Roubaix, France, Conversation anglaise: le groupe de Bloomsbury, November 21, 2009–February 28, 2010, no. 8, ill., as Fleurs et fruits.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne/Renoir, Capolovori dal Musée de l'Orangerie, March 19–June 30, 2024, no. 33, ill. Traveled to: Fondation Gianadda, Martigny, France, July 13–November 19, 2024 (Titled: Cézanne - Renoir, Regards croisés); Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, January 17–May 7, 2025; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, May 29–September 7, 2025; Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, September 20, 2025–January 25, 2026.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 359, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte: Fleurs et fruits.
Auzas, Pierre. Peintures de Cézanne. Paris: Editions du Chêne, 1946, pl. VIII (in color), as Fleurs et fruits, dated 1879–82.
Musée de l'Orangerie. Collection Jean Walter - Paul Guillaume. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1966, no. 8, ill., as Fleurs et fruits.
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 23.
Hoog, Michel. Musée de l’Orangerie: catalogue de la collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 20, no. 4, ill., as Fleurs et fruits.
Hoog, Michel. Catalogue of the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection. Translated by Barbara Shuey. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1987, pp. 20–21, no. 4, ill., as Flowers and Fruits.
Hoog, Michel. "Une Nature morte de Cézanne reconstituée." Revue du Louvre - la revue des musées de France, no. 3 (July 1992), pp. 64–66, fig. 3, as Fleurs et fruits, fig. 4: old photograph of the still-life before being cut in two.
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. 471, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte, rose et fruits.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte, rose et fruits, c.1880 (possibly later) (FWN 785)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=461 (accessed on November 6, 2024).