Catalogue entry

FWN 812
Pot de primevères et fruits
1888–90
Alternate titles: Fleurs et fruits; Flowers and Fruit; Nature morte; Nature morte or Poires et géraniums; Poires et géranium rose; Pot de fleurs et fruits; Pot de fleurs et poires; Pot of Flowers and Pears; Pot of Primeroses and Fruit; Still life
Rewald (639): 1888–90; Venturi revised: 1890–93; Venturi (623): 1890–94; Vollard: c.1888–90 and circa 1888 (Burlington); Gowing: c.1887 (Edinburgh)
Oil on canvas
17 11/16 x 21 1/4 in. (45 x 54 cm)
Vollard archives: photo without no.
The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London: Courtauld Bequest 1948 (P.1948.SC.56)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Cornelis Hoogendijk, Amsterdam
Paul Rosenberg, Paris (1920)
Marquis de Rochecouste, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, and Knoedler Galleries, Paris, London and New York (May 1925)
Reid & Lefèvre, London (1928)
Samuel Courtauld, London (1928);
The Courtauld Gallery, London (1948)
Exhibition History
1911 Amsterdam
Moderne Kunstkring, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Internationale tentoonstelling van moderne kunst, October 6–November 5, 1911, no number, Hoogendijk collection.
1926b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 35, as Nature morte, probably lent by Hessel.
1926c London
Knoedler Galleries, London, Nineteenth Century French Painters, July ?–31, 1926, no. 21, as Nature morte.
1927b New York
De Hauke & Co, New York, The Classics of Modern Painting, April 12–23, 1927, no number.
1948 London
Tate Gallery, London, Samuel Courtauld: Memorial Exhibition, May–June 1948, no. 12, as Flowers and Fruit, c. 1888.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 40, as Pot de fleurs et poires, c. 1887, lent by the Home House Trustees. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
1955b Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Impressionnistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, October 1955, no. 10, pl. 44.
1976a London
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, Samuel Courtauld's Collection of French 19th Century Paintings and Drawings, July–August 1976, no. 9.
1984 Tokyo and traveling
Takashimaya, Tokyo, The Impressionists and the Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, January 12–February 28, 1984, no. 10. Traveled to: Takashimaya, Kyoto, Japan, March 8–April 3, 1984; Takashimaya, Osaka, Japan, April 12–May 8, 1984.
1987–88 Cleveland and traveling
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Masterpieces: The Courtauld Collection, January 14–March 8, 1987, no. 25, ill. Traveled to: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 4–June 21, 1987; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, July 11–September 27, 1987; Art Institute, Chicago, October 17, 1987–January 3, 1988; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, January 30–April 3, 1988.
1994 London
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, June 17–September 25, 1994, no. 9, ill.
1998–99 Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 11, ill., as Pot de primevères et fruits.
1999–2000 London
The Courtauld Gallery, London, Art Made Modern: Roger Fry's Vision of Art, October 15, 1999–January 23, 2000, no. 30, as Pot of Flowers and Pears, c. 1888-90.
2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 30, ill., as Pot of Flowers and Pears (size: 46 x 56 cm).
2008 London
The Courtauld Gallery, London, The Courtauld Cézannes, June 26–October 5, 2008, no. 5, ill., pp. 88–89 (dated c. 1888–90), as Pot de primevères et fruits.
2019 Paris
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, La Collection Courtauld: le parti de l'impressionnsime, February 20–June 17, 2019. (Exhibition catalogue: Serres et al 2019), no. 39, ill., as Pot de fleurs et fruits, c. 1888-1890.
2021 Bergen
KODE Art Museums, Bergen, Norway, Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Courtauld at KODE Art Museums, July 16–October 10, 2021, no. 5, ill. c. 1888–90.
Published References
Van Riemsdijk 1910
Riemsdijk, Barthold Willem Floris van. Catalogue of the Pictures, Miniatures, Pastels, Framed Drawings etc. at the Rijks-Museum at Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Roeloffzen-Hübner and Van Santen, 1910, p. 425, no. 688M, as Still life.
Rijksmuseum 1911
Catalogue des tableaux, miniatures, pastels, dessins encadrés, etc. du Musée de l'État à Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Roeloffzen-Hübner et Van Santen, 1911, p. 100, no. 688M, as Nature morte.
Bye 1921
Bye, Arthur Edwin. Pots and Pans or Studies in Still Life Painting. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1921, p. 139, ill. opp. p. 134.
Anonymous 1926b
Anonymous. "L'exposition Cézanne." L'Action française (Paris) (June 22, 1926), p. 2, as Poires et géranium rose.
Tabarant 1926b
T.[abarant], [Adolphe]. "L'exposition Cézanne." Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 7, no. 12 (June 15, 1926), ill. p. 181, as Poires et géranium rose.
Manson 1929a
Manson, James Bolivar. "The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Courtauld." Creative Art 4 (April 1929), p. 257, ill.
Wilenski 1931
Wilenski, R.H. French Painting. Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1931, pl. 132b.
Jamot and Turner 1934
Jamot, Paul, and Percy Moore Turner. Collection de tableaux français, faite à Londres, 20 Portman Square, par Samuel et Elizabeth Courtauld. London: [privately published], 1934, no. 25.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 623, ill. vol. II, as Fleurs et fruits.
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.
Carpenter 1951
Carpenter, James. "Cézanne and Tradition." The Art Bulletin 33, no. 3 (September 1951), pp. 176, 179, 182, 183, fig. 3.
Cooper 1954b
Cooper, Douglas. The Courtauld Collection. London: Athlone Press, 1954, no. 13.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 148.
Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 31.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 185, ill.
Kendall 1989a
Kendall, Richard. The History and Techniques of the Great Master Cézanne. London: Tiger Books International, 1989, p. 43, ill.
Henkels 1993
Henkels, Herbert. "Cézanne en Van Gogh in het Rijksmuseum voor Moderne Kunst in Amsterdam: De collectie van Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866–1911)." Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 41, nos. 3–4 (1993), fig. 42.
Kitschen 1995
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 43.
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. 639, ill. vol. 2, as Pot de primevères et fruits.
Feilchenfeldt 2005c
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 209, ill.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 278; vol. 2, p. 181, as Pot de primevères et fruits.
Shiff 2014
Shiff, Richard. "Morality, Materiality, Apples." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 187, fig. 15, as Pot of Primeroses and Fruit.
Smith 2014
Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's Color Lab: Not-So-Still-Life." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 102, fig. 2, as Pot of Primeroses and Fruit.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 36, ill., as Nature morte or Poires et géraniums.
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. 13.
Record last updated May 25, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pot de primevères et fruits, 1888–90 (FWN 812)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=620 (accessed on April 23, 2024).