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 811
Nature morte: pommes et poires
1888–90
Alternate titles: Fruchtstück; Nature morte
Rewald (646): 1888–90; Venturi revised: 1883–86; Venturi (507): 1883–87
Oil on canvas
14 3/16 x 17 11/16 in. (36 x 45 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3348, Fruits. pommes et poires; petite assiette blanche dentelée, 38 x 46 cm (100 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4347, nature morte. poires et pommes dans une assiette, 38 x 46 cm (200 frs)
Provenance
Private collection, Greenwich;
Private collection;
Exhibition History
Grand Ducal Museum, Weimar, Germany, Ausstelllungstag der Gemälde-Sammlung aus dem Besitze des Herrn von Mutzenbecher, November 1904, no. 7 or 15, as Fruchtstück.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 29, ill. lent by Hillman.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 42, ill. lent by Hillman.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 23.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Summer Loan Exhibition, July–September 1966, no. 22, lent by the Alex Hillman Corporation.
Galerie Schmit, Paris, Maîtres français, XIXe–XXe siècles, May 4–July 12, 1994, no. 11, ill.
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, The World is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne, June 14–September 22, 2014, pl. 21, p. 234, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2014–January 31, 2015.
Published References
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 84.
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 36.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 507, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte.
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. 646, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte: pommes et poires.
Schäfer, Carina. "Theaterintendant mit Faible für französische Kunst: die Sammlung Kurt von Mutzenbecher in Wiesbaden." In Die Moderne und ihre Sammler: französische Kunst in deutschem Privatbesitz vom Kaiserreich zur Weimarer Republik, edited by Andrea Pophanken and Felix Billeter. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001, listed p. 120.
Record last updated May 25, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte: pommes et poires, 1888–90 (FWN 811)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=627 (accessed on May 19, 2025).
