Catalogue entry

FWN 813

La Table de cuisine; also known as Nature morte au panier

1888–90

Alternate titles: Kitchen Table; La Table de cuisine; La Table de cuisine or Nature morte au panier; Le Panier de fruits; Natura morta con paniero o Il tavolo; Nature morte; Nature morte au panier; Nature morte au panier ou La Table de cuisine; Still Life with Basket; Still Life with Basket; or, The Kitchen Table; Still-life with Ginger Jar; Stilleben; The Kitchen Table; The Kitchen Table (La table de cuisine)

Rewald (636): 1888–90; Venturi revised: 1893–95; Venturi (594): 1888–90; Rivière: 1888 and 1891

Oil on canvas

25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. (65 x 80 cm)

Signed lower right in blue: P. Cezanne

Vollard archives: photo without no.

Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 2819)

Keywords

Still-life objects
Edibles and Flowers:
- apple(s) / pomme(s) »
- pear(s) / poire(s) »
Still-life objects
Dishes and Vessels:
- basket / corbeille »
- ginger pot / pot de gingembre »
- pitcher / pichet »
- sugar pot / sucrier »
Still-life objects
Miscellaneous:
- white cloth / nappe blanche »
Interiors
Furnishings:
- chair / chaise »
- screen / paravent »
- table (or wooden surface) »
- unframed canvas / toile sans cadre »
Technique and Condition:
- signed work »

Provenance

Paul Alexis, Paris (offered by Cézanne in 1891–92)

[Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris]

Auguste Pellerin, Paris;

Musée du Louvre, Paris (1929, Bequest of Auguste Pellerin);

Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1947-1986);

Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986)

Exhibition History

1907a Paris

Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 23, as La Table de cuisine, lent by Pellerin.

1912b Paris

Manzi, Joyant & Cie, l'Hôtel de la revue "Les Arts," Paris, Exposition d'art moderne, June 6–July 6, 1912, no number.

1936 Basel

Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 46, ill., as La Table de cuisine, c. 1890, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.

1953 Rennes

Hôtel de Ville, Rennes, Natures mortes anciennes & modernes, September 30–October 30, 1953, no. 38, pl. XIV, as Nature morte au panier, c. 1888, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.

1954 Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 57, lent by Musée du Louvre.

1973 Saint-Paul de Vence

Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France, André Malraux, July 13–September 30, 1973, no. 794, ill., as Nature morte au panier, c. 1888-1890.

1974b Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 36, ill. in color, as Nature morte au panier, c. 1888-1890.

1984 Madrid

Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 38.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 128, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.

1998–99 Sydney

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 14, ill., as La Table de cuisine; also known as Nature morte au panier.

1999–2000 London

The Courtauld Gallery, London, Art Made Modern: Roger Fry's Vision of Art, October 15, 1999–January 23, 2000, no. 31, fig. 26 p. 59, as Still Life with Basket, c. 1890.

2000–01 Seoul

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, L'impressionnisme et l'art moderne (chefs-d’œuvre des collections du Musée d'Orsay), October 26, 2000–February 27, 2001, pp. 74-75, ill., as Nature morte au panier.

2001–02 Washington, D.C. and traveling

Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Impressionist Still Life, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002, pp. 164, 165, pl. 73, as The Kitchen Table, lent by Musée d'Orsay. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17–June 9, 2002.

2002–03 Treviso

Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, L'impressionismo e l'età di Van Gogh, October 9, 2002–March 30, 2003, no. 93, ill., as Natura morta con paniero o Il tavolo, c. 1888-1890, lent by Musée d'Orsay.

2009–10 Canberra

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne & beyond, Post-impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay, December 4, 2009–April 5, 2010, no. 41, ill., as La Table de cuisine.

2010b Tokyo

National Art Center, Tokyo, Post-impressionnisme: 115 chefs-d’œuvre de la collection du Musée d’Orsay, May 26–August 16, 2010, no. 34, ill., as La Table de cuisine.

2010–11 San Francisco

de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, September 2010–January 2011, no. 20, ill., as La Table de cuisine.

2011–12 Milan

Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi, October 20, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 24, ill., as La Table de cuisine or Nature morte au panier.

2012–13 Budapest

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 100, ill.

2014–15 Philadelphia and traveling

Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, The World is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne, June 14–September 22, 2014, pl. 7, p. 66. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2014–January 31, 2015.

2022–23 Paris

Musée du Louvre, Paris, Les choses: une histoire de la nature morte, October 12, 2022–January 23, 2023, no. 105, ill., as La Table de cuisine.

Published References

Alexandre 1912a

Alexandre, Arsène. "Exposition d'art moderne à l'Hôtel de la revue 'Les Arts.'" Les Arts: revue mensuelle des musées, collections, expositions, no. 128 (August 1912), ill. p. X, no. 1, as Nature morte.

Gasquet 1921b

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, p. 120, pl. p. 120, as Le Panier de fruits.

Glaser 1922

Glaser, Curt. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1922, pl. 11, as Stilleben, c. 1885.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, pp. 216, 218, listed.

Faure 1923a

Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 31, as Le Panier de fruits.

Arishima 1925

Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 38.

Fry 1926

Fry, Roger. "Le développement de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 12 (December 1926), ill. p. 404, as Nature morte.

Gasquet 1926

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1926, p. 200, pl. [37] hors texte, as Le Panier de fruits.

Fry 1927a

Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, pp. 51-52, fig. 17, pl. XII.

Gasquet 1929

Gasquet, Joachim, translated by Elsa Glaser. "Aus dem Leben Cézannes." Kunst und Künstler 27, no. 7 (1929), ill. p. 282.

Pascal 1929

Pascal, Georges. "Les Cézanne de la collection Pellerin." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 11 (November 20, 1929), ill. p. 5, as Nature morte.

Rey 1929

Rey, Robert. "Trois tableaux de Cézanne." Bulletin des musées de France 1, no. 12 (December 1929), p. 273, ill.

D'Ors 1930

Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 22.

Huyghe 1930a

Huyghe, René. "Dans les musées nationaux." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 1 (January 20, 1930), p. 4.

Gasquet 1930b

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 44.

Di San Lazzaro 1936

Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 28.

Faure 1936

Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 31.

Raynal 1936

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. XCI p. 124.

D'Ors 1936a

Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 28.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 594, ill. vol. II, as La Table de cuisine.

Novotny 1937

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 56.

Rewald 1937a

Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 56.

Loran 1943

Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, pp. 76–77, pl. XIV.

Loran 1944

Loran, Erle. "A Cézanne Still-Life." American Artist 8, no. 3 (March 1944), p. 20, ill.

Adhémar et al. 1947

Adhémar, Hélène et al. Catalogue des peintures et sculptures exposées au Musée de l’Impressionnisme (Jeu de Paume des Tuileries): les impressionnistes, leurs précurseurs et leurs contemporains. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1947, p. 26, no. 39, as Nature morte au panier, c. 1888-1890.

Novotny 1947

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 53, as La Table de cuisine, 1886-88.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 97, listed p. 161.

Jedlicka 1948

Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 34, as La Table de cuisine or Nature morte au panier.

Guerry 1950

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, cover (detail), pl. 34.

Venturi 1950a

Venturi, Lionello. Impressionists and Symbolists: Manet, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Scribner, 1950, fig. 132.

Fry 1952

Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 51, pl. XII fig. 17, as Still-life with Ginger Jar.

Adhémar 1958

Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, p. 26, no. 49.

Bazin 1958

Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, pp. 224-225, ill. c. 1888-1890.

Sterling and Adhémar 1958

Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 266.

Uchida 1960

Uchida, Sono. Cézanne. Tokyo: Misuzu-Shobo, 1960, p. 53, ill.

Novotny 1961

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 27 (detail).

Feist 1963

Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 29, 48, pl. 45.

Guerry 1966

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 34 and cover (detail).

Leonhard 1966

Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 34, ill.

Sailer 1967

Sailer, Anton. Das private Kunstkabinett. Munich: K. Thiemig, 1967, pp. 104–05, ill.

Murphy 1968

Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, pp. 136–37, 138–39 (detail).

Ikegami 1969

Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 37 (detail).

Adhémar et al. 1973

Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 141, ill. p. 23, as Nature morte au panier, c. 1888-1900.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 32.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 58.

Reff 1977c

Reff, Theodore. "Painting and Theory in the Final Decade." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 32, ill.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 109, ill.

Reff 1979b

Reff, Theodore. "The Pictures within Cézanne's Pictures." Arts Magazine 53, no. 10 (June 1979), fig. 21.

Ponente 1980

Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, p. 49, ill.

Harris 1982

Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 59, ill. in color.

Wetzel 1984

Wetzel, Christoph. Paul Cézanne: Leben u. Werk. Stuttgart/Zurich: Belser, 1984, p. 46/47, ill. in color.

Compin et al. 1986

Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 113, ill., as Nature morte au panier, c. 1888-90.

Pickvance and Takumi 1986

Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 125, b/w.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 191, ill. in color.

Düchting 1989

Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 182, ill.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 140, fig. 120.

Baron and Bonafoux 1993

Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 29, ill.

Arrouye 1995

Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, p. 78-79, ill.

Dossier de l'art 1995

Dossier de l'art. no. 25, Cézanne. Dijon: Editions Faton, September - October 1995, ill. p. 81, c. 1888-90.

Kitschen 1995

Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 39.

Patin 1995

Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 62.

Cahn 1995b

Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 70, ill.

Coutagne et al. 1996

Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 74.

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. 636, ill. vol. 2, as La Table de cuisine; also known as Nature morte au panier.

Smith 1996

Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 60, fig. 50, as The Kitchen Table.

Boehm 1998

Boehm, Gottfried. "Die Sprache der Dinge. Cézannes Stilleben." In Cézanne—Picasso—Braque. Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 8.

Kitschen 2000

Kitschen, Friederike. "Malen, Sehen, Denken, Fühlen - Cézannes Stilleben." In Cézanne Manet Schuch: drei Wege zur autonomen Kunst. Munich: Hirmer, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 8.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 233, fig. 141.

Lewis 2002

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "The Path to Les Lauves: A History of Cézanne's Studios." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 21, ill. in color.

Nin 2002

Nin, Núria. "Memories of Objects, Objects of Memory." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 5 (detail), ill. in color.

Armstrong 2004

Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, p. 15, fig. 7, as Still Life with Basket; or, The Kitchen Table.

Warman 2004

Warman, Jayne. "Les Natures mortes au Jas de Bouffan." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, p. 21, ill. in b/w.

Coutagne 2006b

Coutagne, Denis. "The Jas de Bouffan." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 91, fig. 16, as La Table de cuisine; also known as Nature morte au panier.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 275; vol. 2, p. 180, as Nature morte au panier.

Fraisset 2011a

Fraisset, Michel. "La vite silenziose di Cézanne." In Cézanne: les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 60, ill. (detail).

Colrat 2013

Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 192, pl. 83.

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2014

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "Cézanne in the Studio." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 212, fig. 12, as The Kitchen Table (La table de cuisine).

Rényi 2017

Rényi, András. "The Enchantement of Proximity." In Cézanne and the past : tradition and creativity [international symposium, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, 28 January 2013]. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017, fig. 11.

Lewis 2017a

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "A Mellow Rekindling of Earlier Fires, Still Life and Metamorphosis, Early to Late Cézanne." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 9.

Armstrong 2018

Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 38.

Hoshi 2018

Hoshi, Kumiko. D. H. Lawrence and Pre-Einsteinian Modernist Relativity. Newastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018, p. 65, fig. 3.3 p. 87 (with a diagram of the Still Life by Erle Loran, fig. 3.2 p. 86), as Nature morte au panier ou La Table de cuisine.

Société Paul Cezanne 2019

Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, figs. 78, 175 pp. 95, 184.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 18, ill., as Nature morte.

Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021

Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 220, fig. 5, as Kitchen Table.

Smith 2021

Smith, Paul. "Cezanne's Non-Constructive Line." In Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 8.

Nagaï 2022a

Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 25.

Notes

Reff (1979, p. 97) suggested that the unframed painting in the background at left is the right side of Grosses pommes, 1891–92 (841) in an unfinished state.

Record last updated September 27, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Table de cuisine; also known as Nature morte au panier, 1888–90 (FWN 813)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=617 (accessed on April 18, 2024).