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 828
Le Vase de fleurs et pommes
1889–90
Alternate titles: Bouquet de fleurs et pommes; Fleurs; Nature morte; Still life; Stilleben mit Blumenvase und Äpfeln; Vase de fleurs et pommes; Vase of Flowers and Apples; Vaso di fiori e mele
Rewald (660): 1889–90; Venturi revised: 1893–95; Venturi (513): 1883–87
Oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/5 in. (55 x 47 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection (2014)
Exhibition History
Moderne Kunstkring, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Internationale tentoonstelling van moderne kunst, October 6–November 5, 1911, no number, Hoogendijk collection.
Hôtel de la curiosité et des beaux-arts, Paris, Première exposition de collectionneurs au profit de la Société des amis de Luxembourg, March 10–April 10, 1924, no. 134, as Fleurs, lent by Laroche.
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 32, as Bouquet de fleurs et pommes, lent by H-J Laroche.
Galerie Druet, Paris, Fleurs et Fruits, June 19–30, 1933, no. 1, lent by M.J.L[aroche].
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 16, ill., as Le Vase de fleurs et pommes, 1887, lent by Jacques Laroche.
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 10, ill., (dated 1887), lent by J. Laroche.
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne (1839-1906) for the Benefit of Fighting France, November 19–December 19, 1942, no. 12, ill. lent by anon.
Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York, Nineteenth Century Influences in French Painting, 1947, no. 9.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5–March 9, 1947, no. 5, ill. lent by Spaeth.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 26, lent by Spaeth.
A. Seligman-Helft Galleries, New York, French Still-Life from Chardin to Cézanne, October 29–November 22, 1947, no. 6, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Otto Spaeth.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Springtime of Impressionism, April 3–May 2, 1948, no. 4.
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York, Spaeth Collection, October 1952, no. 5, ill., on cover.
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Collector's Choice, March 17–April 18, 1953, no. 25, ill.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Magic of Flowers in Painting, April 13–May 15, 1954, no. 7, ill.
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Französische Malerei von Manet bis Matisse aus der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle / Zürich, October 5–November 23, 1958, no. 50, ill., as Stilleben mit Blumenvase und Äpfeln, c. 1883-1887.
Stadthalle, Wolfsburg, Germany, Französische Malerei von Delacroix bis Picasso, April 8–May 31, 1961, no. 19, pl. 13, as Stilleben mit Blumenvase und Äpfeln, 1883-1887, lent by Private collection, Zürich.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Masterpieces of French Painting from the Bührle Collection, August 19–September 17, 1961, no. 35, ill., pl. 15b. Traveled to: National Gallery, London, 1961.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The Passionate Eye: Impressionist and Other Master Paintings from the Collection of Emil G. Bührle, Zürich, May 6–July 15, 1990, no. 42, ill., (dated c. 1890), as Vase of Flowers and Apples, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, August 3–October 14, 1990; Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, November 2, 1990–January 13, 1991; Royal Academy of Arts, London, February 1–April 9, 1991.
Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, L'impressionismo e l'età di Van Gogh, October 9, 2002–March 30, 2003, no. 92, ill., as Vaso di fiori e mele, lent by Private collection.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 32, ill. p. 25, as Le Vase de fleurs et pommes, lent by Private collection, Switzerland.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 69, ill. lent by Private collection.
Published References
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. 688L, as Still life.
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. 688L, as Nature morte.
Alexandre, Arsène. "L'Exposition Cézanne à la galerie du Théâtre Pigalle." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 13, no. 1 (January 1930), ill. p. 75, as Vase de fleurs et pommes.
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 33.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 513, ill. vol. II, as Vase de fleurs et pommes.
"From French Tables." Art News (November 1946), p. 39, ill., as Vase of Flowers and Apples.
Sargent, Winthrop. "Cézanne: The Great Paintings of a Frustrated Recluse Changed the Whole Course of Modern Art." Life 32, no. 8 (February 25, 1952), p. 79, ill.
Kübler, Arnold. "Aus der Sammlung Emil Georg Bührle." Du 17, no. 12 (December 1957), p. 49, ill.
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. 168.
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. 660, ill. vol. 2, as Le Vase de fleurs et pommes.
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, p. 230, ill. in b/w.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 273; vol. 2, p. 181, as Le Vase de fleurs et pommes.
Gloor, Lukas. "Der Bestand der Sammlung Emil Bührle: Illustrierte Liste aller 633 Käufe." In Die Sammlung Emil Bührle: Geschichte, Gesamtkatalog und 70 Meisterwerke. München: Hirmer, 2021, p. 282, no. 536, fig. 536 p. 283, as Le Vase de fleurs et pommes.
Record last updated January 10, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Vase de fleurs et pommes, 1889–90 (FWN 828)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=641 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
