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 786
Le Vase bleu sombre
c.1880
Alternate titles: Fleurs; Fleurs dans un vase; Fleurs dans un vase bleu; Flowers in a Blue Vase; Le Vase bleu sombre, I; Roses dans un vase; Vase de fleurs
Rewald (472): c.1880; Venturi revised: 1879–82; Venturi (362): 1879–82
Oil on canvas
11 13/16 x 9 1/16 in. (30 x 23 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 4119, huile; roses dans deux [vases?] noires, à côté 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 (before divided in two) (500 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 250, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1875
Provenance
Exhibition History
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, French Painting of the 19th Century, January 1934, no. 12. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, February 1934; Art Association, Montreal, March 1934.
McLellan Gallery, Glasgow, United Kingdom, French Painting in the XIXth Century, May 1934, no. 10.
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Renoir, Cézanne and Their Contemporaries, June 1934, no. 6, as Fleurs dans un vase, c. 1885.
Leger Galleries, London, Impressionnisme, March 30–May 15, 1938, no. 4, as Roses dans un vase.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, Contrasts & Affinities: Four Centuries of Flower Painting, March 16–April 6, 1939, no. 5.
Orangerie, Paris, Collection Jean Walter – Paul Guillaume, January 1966, no. 9, ill.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 26. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 28, ill. in b/w, as Fleurs dans un vase bleu.
Septentrion - Fondation Anne et Albert Prouvost, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France, Impressionnisme, October 18, 1980–January 25, 1981, no. 6, ill., as Fleurs dans un vase bleu.
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Georgie, Tbilisi, Georgia, Impressionnistes et post-impressionnistes des musées français: de Manet à Matisse, 1981, no. 7, ill., as Fleurs dans un vase bleu. 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. 272, ill., p. 140.
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. 5, ill., as Fleurs dans un vase bleu. 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. 20, ill., as Fleurs dans un vase bleu, c. 1880 (no. 21 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. 7, ill., as Fleurs dans un vase bleu.
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. 94–95, 97, ill., as Fleurs dans un vase bleu, in black and white with no. 471, p. 95, and in color p. 97.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne/Renoir, Capolovori dal Musée de l'Orangerie, March 19–June 30, 2024, no. 34, 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
Werth, Leon. "La collection Gangnat." L'Amour de l'art 6, no. 2 (February 1925), ill. p. 55, as Fleurs.
Zervos, Christian. "Renoir, Cézanne, leurs contemporains et la jeune peintre anglaise." Cahiers d'Art, nos. 5–8 (1934), p. 136, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 362, ill. vol. II, as Fleurs dans un vase bleu.
Musée de l'Orangerie. Collection Jean Walter - Paul Guillaume. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1966, no. 9, ill., as Fleurs dans un vase bleu.
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. 18, no. 3, ill., as Fleurs dans un vase bleu.
Hoog, Michel. Catalogue of the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection. Translated by Barbara Shuey. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1987, pp. 18–19, no, 3, ill., as Flowers in a Blue Vase.
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. 2, as Fleurs dans un vase bleu, 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. 472, ill. vol. 2, as Le Vase bleu sombre, I.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 6, ill., as Vase de fleurs.
Record last updated March 23, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Vase bleu sombre, c.1880 (FWN 786)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=462 (accessed on September 10, 2024).
