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Catalogue entry

FWN 804
Pommes sur un linge
c.1885 (?)
Alternate titles: Apples; Apples on a Tablecloth
Rewald (560): 1885 (?); Venturi revised: 1890; Venturi (510): 1886–90
Oil on canvas
15 3/16 x 18 5/16 in. (38.5 x 46.5 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3530, huile. nature morte; des pommes sur une serviette et un fruit dans une petite assiette, 38 x 46 cm
Vollard W stockbook: no. 462, Nature morte; huile, 38 x 46 (8,000)
Christie's, New York

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Joseph Winterbotham, Burlington (Jan. 19, 1928);
The Art Institute of Chicago (The Joseph Winterbotham Collection), acquired 1953
Sotheby's, New York, May 11, 1987, no. 50A, ill.
Private collection, Japan
Aoyama Unimat Museum, Tokyo
Nukaga Gallery, Tokyo
Private collection, Osaka;
Christie's, New York, November 12, 2015, no. 7c, ill.
Exhibition History
1929 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 27, ill., (dated c. 1890), as Apples, lent by Winterbotham.
1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November 10–December 10, 1934, no. 32, (dated c. 1890), as Apples, lent by Winterbotham.
1947d New York
A. Seligman-Helft Galleries, New York, French Still-Life from Chardin to Cézanne, October 29–November 22, 1947, no. 8, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Winerbotham.
1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 85, ill., as Pommes sur un linge, lent by Private collection, Japan. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
2002 Yokote and traveling
Akita Museum of Modern Art, Yokote, Japan, From Monet to Cézanne: Impressionists and their Epoch, September 7–October 6, 2002, no. 152, ill., as Pommes sur un linge, c. 1885, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, October 12–November 24, 2002.
2008–09 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Homage to Cézanne: His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting, November 15, 2008–January 25, 2009, no. 120, ill., as Pommes sur un linge, lent by Aoyama Unimat Museum. Traveled to: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, February 7–April 12, 2009.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 510, ill. vol. II, as Pommes sur un linge.
Art Institute of Chicago 1961
Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1961, p. 72, as Apples on a Tablecloth.
Sheppard 1979
Sheppard, Nathaniel, Jr. "3 Stolen Cézanne Works Recovered; Suspect Arrested." New York Times, May 24, 1979, ill.
Art Institute of Chicago 1986
The Jospeh Winterbotham Collection. Chicago, p. 39, ill., as Apples on a Tablecloth.
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. 560, ill. vol. 2, as Pommes sur un linge.
Notes

This painting does not appear to have areas of repainting by another hand, nor is there evidence that the work was cut from a larger composition.  A conservator's report from September 2015 confirms that there are no signs of retouching or of paint loss.

Record last updated October 29, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pommes sur un linge, c.1885 (?) (FWN 804)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=547 (accessed on November 3, 2025).