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Catalogue entry

FWN 806
Nature morte au plat de cerises
1885–87
Alternate titles: Cerises et Pêches; Cherries and apricots; Ciliege e pesche; Nature morte (deux assiettes et un fruit); Nature morte aux cerises et aux pêches; Nature morte aux cerises et pêches; Still Life with Cherries and Peaches
Rewald (561): 1885–87; Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (498): 1883–87
Oil on canvas
19 13/16 x 24 in. (50.4 x 61 cm)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Gift of Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc., and Mr. and Mrs. Armand S. Deutsch)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Charles A. Loeser, Florence;
Mrs. M. Loeser Calnan, Florence (1928)
Wildenstein Galleries, New York
Dr. and Mrs. David M. Levy, New York;
Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc., New York;
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Exhibition History
1899b Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 15–December 1899, no. 10, as Nature morte (deux assiettes et un fruit), tentative identification.
1920 Venice
Biennale, Venice, Italy, Mostra Individuale di Paul Cézanne, April 15–October 31, 1920, no. 28, as Ciliege e pesche, lent by Loeser.
1921 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 24, as Cerises et Pêches, lent by Loeser.
1939f New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Art in Our Time: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, May 10–September 10, 1939, no. 57, ill.
1940f New York
New York World's Fair, New York, Masterpieces of Art, May–October 1940, no. 345, ill., as Still Life with Cherries and Peaches, lent by Dr. and Mrs. David M. Levy, New York.
1958b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1958, no. 28, as Cherries and apricots, lent by Dr. and Mrs. David M. Levy.
1959d New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1959, no. 16, lent by Dr. and Mrs. David M. Levy.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 27, ill. lent by Levy.
1961c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Adele R. Levy Collection: Memorial Exhibition, June 9–July 16, 1961, listed p. 18, ill., p. 19, as Still Life with Cherries and Peaches.
1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 13, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 36. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
1975 Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, X: A Decade of Collecting, 1965–1975, April 8–June 29, 1975, no. 89, ill., p. 94.
1976 Paris
Musée Marmottan, Paris, Chefs-d'œuvre de musées des Etats-Unis: de Giorgione à Picasso, October 13–December 5, 1976, no. 26, ill., as Nature morte aux cerises et pêches, 1883-87.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 54, ill.
2007 Florence
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, Cézanne a Firenze: Due collezionisti e la mostra dell'impressionismo del 1910 [In English:Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism], March 2–July 29, 2007, fig. 44, pp. 116–17, ill., 268, as Nature morte au plat de cerises.
2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 32, ill.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 498, ill. vol. II, as Cerises et Pêches.
Brian 1939a
Brian, D. "Art in the Modern Museum's Time." Art News 37 (May 20, 1939), p. 8, ill.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 62.
Art Quarterly 1961
"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums." Art Quarterly (January-March 1961), p. 207, ill. no. 2, as Still Life with Cherries and Peaches.
Gazette des beaux-arts 1962a
"[Aquisitions des musées du monde entier]." La Chronique des arts: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 1117 (February 1962), p. 46, no. 160, ill., as Nature morte aux cerises et aux pêches.
Frankfurter 1965
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Los Angeles: The New Museum." Art News 61, no. 4 (March 1965), p. 31, fig. 5, ill.
Los Angeles 1965
Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, pp. 90-91, ill., as Still Life with Cherries and Peaches.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 135.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 33.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 78.
Elderfield 1971
Elderfield, John. "Drawing in Cézanne." Artforum 9, no. 10 (June 1971), p. 51.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 102, ill.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 95, ill. in color.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 53, fig. 28.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, pp. 68, 70, 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. 561, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte au plat de cerises.
Breidbach 2003
Breidbach, Angela. Anschauungsraum bei Cézanne. Cézanne und Helmholtz. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2003, p. 113, ill.
Macadam 2007
Macadam, Alta. "Cézanne in Florence, Florence." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1252 (July 2007), p. 509, fig. 55, as Still Life with Cherries and Peaches, 1883-86.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 276; vol. 2, p. 179, as Nature morte au plat de cerises.
Leeman 2013
Leeman, Fred. Emile Bernard (1868–1941). Paris: Wildenstein Institute and Citadelles & Mazenod, 2013, p. 102, fig. 29, L.A. County Museum.
Benedetti 2013b
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 72, fig. 94.
Record last updated May 12, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte au plat de cerises, 1885–87 (FWN 806)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=548 (accessed on April 26, 2024).