Catalogue entry

FWN 821
Grosses pommes
c.1890
Alternate titles: Äpfel; Apples; Les grosses pommes; Nature morte (fruits); Nature morte. Pommes et tasse; Pommes; Pommes et Tasse; Still life: apples and teacup; Stilleben
Rewald (661): c.1890; Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (621): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
18 5/16 x 22 in. (46.6 x 55.8 cm)
Signed lower left: P. Cezanne
Vollard archives: photo no. 590
Private collection, Washington, D.C.

Keywords

Provenance
Auguste Pellerin, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Apr. 4, 1911)
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York
Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf and Berlin
Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin and New York;
Goldschmidt Collection, Sotheby's, London, Oct. 15, 1958, no. 5, ill.
Knoedler Galleries, New York
Private collection, Lausanne;
Sotheby's, New York, May 11, 1993, no. 17, ill.
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Exhibition History
1912b Paris
Manzi, Joyant & Cie, l'Hôtel de la revue "Les Arts," Paris, Exposition d'art moderne, June 6–July 6, 1912, no. 1, as Nature morte (fruits), [lent by Bernheim-Jeune or A. Kann].
1917 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 14, as Pommes, tentative identification, lent by A.K[ann].
1922 London
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, Pictures, Drawings, and Sculptures of the French School of the Last 100 Years, Spring 1922, no. 14, as Still life: apples and teacup, lent by A. Kann.
1925b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Impressionisten, September–October 1925, no. 2, as Äpfel.
1936f Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Le grand siècle, June 15–July 11, 1936, no. 4, as Nature morte. Pommes et tasse, 1888, lent by Private collection.
1936d London
New Burlington Galleries, London, Exhibition of Masters of French 19th Century Painting, October 1–31, 1936, no. 93, as Les grosses pommes, lent by Private collection.
1939h New York
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 16, (dated 1890–94), as Grosses pommes, lent by Goldschmidt.
1940 San Francisco
Palace of Fine Arts, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Golden Gate International Exposition, May 25–September 29, 1940, no. 240, ill., as Apples, lent by Dr. Jakob Goldschmidt, New York.
1941a Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Aspects of French Painting from Cézanne to Picasso, January 15–March 2, 1941, no. 5.
1942d New York
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. 17, ill. lent by Goldschmidt.
1946b New York
New York, The Jakob Goldschmidt Collection, 1946.
1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 52, ill. lent by Goldschmidt.
1947d New York
A. Seligman-Helft Galleries, New York, French Still-Life from Chardin to Cézanne, October 29–November 22, 1947, no. 2, lent by Jakob Goldschmidt.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 39, ill. lent by anon.
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. VII, no. 10, as Nature morte (fruits).
Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 27, as Pommes et Tasse.
Glaser 1927
Glaser, Curt. "Das Cézanne-Buch Joachim Gasquets I [and] II." Kunst und Künstler 25, nos. 8 and 9 (1927), ill. p. 325.
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 79, as Stilleben.
Basler and Künstler 1929
Basler, Adolphe, and Charles Künstler. La Peinture indépendante en France. Paris: G. Crès, 1929, pl. 4.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 621, ill. vol. II, as Les grosses pommes.
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.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 99.
Frankfurter 1939b
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Intimate Cézanne Centennial at Marie Harriman Gallery." Art News 38 (November 11, 1939), p. 8, ill.
Loran 1943
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, pp. 88–89, pl. XVIII.
Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 100–01, ill.
Daily Telegraph 1958
"Impressionist Paintings by French Masters to be Sold." The Daily Telegraph (London), September 5, 1958, p. 14, ill., as Les grosses pommes.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 135.
Ramuz 1968
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. Cézanne Formes. Lausanne: International Art Book, 1968, pl. 20.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 31, with comments.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 42.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 60, ill. in color.
Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 49, ill. in color.
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. 661, ill. vol. 2, as Les grosses pommes.
Dascher 2013
Dascher, Ottfried. "Es ist was Wahnsinniges mit der Kunst" : Alfred Flechtheim - Sammler, Kunsthändler, Verleger. vol. 6, Quellenstudien zur Kunst: eine Schriftenreihe der International Music and Art Foundation, Walter Feilchenfeldt, ed. [Wädenswil]: Nimbus, 2013, listed p. 420, as Les grosses pommes.
Record last updated December 21, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Grosses pommes, c.1890 (FWN 821)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=642 (accessed on April 23, 2024).