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 823
Le Vase bleu
1889–90
Alternate titles: Die blaue Vase; Il vaso blu; Le vase bleu; Le Vase bleu. Iris et pois de senteur; Le Vase bleu. Iris et pois senteur; Les Fleurs; Stilleben mit blauer Vase; The Blue Vase
Rewald (675): 1889–90; Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (512): 1883–87; Rivière: c.1880 and 1885; Vollard: c.1889
Oil on canvas
24 3/8 x 20 1/16 in. (62 x 51 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 24, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1878
Provenance
Exhibition History
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Salle Cézanne, October 15–November 15, 1904, no. 18, as Les Fleurs, lent by Blot.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 64, pl. XXVIII, as Le Vase bleu, lent by Louvre, Camondo.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 61, ill. lent by Louvre. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 10, ill. p. [26], lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 53, lent by Musée du Louvre.
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France, Les impressionnistes français: de Cézanne à Renoir, 1955, no. 5, ill., as Le vase bleu, c. 1886-1887, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Musée Masséna, Nice, France, Chefs-d’oeuvre du Musée du Louvre. La peinture française dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle et au début du XXe siècle, August–September 1955, no. 17, ill., as Le vase bleu, c. 1886-87.
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Peinture française du XIXe siècle, 1956, listed p. 168, ill. p. 169. Traveled to: Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, Poland, June 15–July 31, 1956; Leningrad, Russian Federation, 1956.
Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, Poland, Malarstwo Francuskie od Davida do Cézanne'a (Peinture française de David à Cézanne), June 15–July 31, 1956, no. 8, pl. 89, c. 1883-87. Traveled to: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1956; Leningrad, Russian Federation, 1956.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Exposition d'art français au Japon 1840–1960, November 3, 1961–January 15, 1962, no. 108, ill. p. 24, as Le vase bleu. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, January 26–March 15, 1962.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Französische Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts, von David bis Cézanne, October 7, 1964–January 6, 1965, no. 25, ill.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 17. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 33, ill. in b/w, as Le vase bleu, c. 1885-1887.
Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, Morandi e il suo tempo, November 9, 1985–February 10, 1986, no. 120, ill., as Il vaso blu, 1883-87.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 130, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan, L’Age d’or de l’impressionnisme: chefs d’œuvre du musée d’Orsay, January 15–April 27, 1997, ill. p. 231, text pp. 319-320 (French), as Le vase bleu.
Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, L’Age d’or de l’impressionnisme: chefs d’œuvre du musée d’Orsay, May 1997, ill. p. 86, text pp. 126-127 and pp. 151-152 (French), as Le vase bleu.
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 17, ill., p. 70, as Le Vase bleu.
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, Cézanne, Manet, Schuch: drei Wege zur autonomen Kunst, May 30–July 30, 2000, no. 11, ill., as Die blaue Vase.
Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, Poland, Od Maneta do Gauguina: impresjoniści i postimpresjoniści z Musée d'Orsay w Paryżu [From Manet to Gauguin: Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris], January 19–March 25, 2001, p. 72, ill. p. 73, as Le Vase bleu. Traveled to: Muzeum Narodowe, Poznan, Poland, March 31–May 13, 2001; Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, May 19–July 4, 2001.
Hanagaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea, De Millet à Bonnard: la création picturale dans les collections du Musée d’Orsay (1848-1914), April 4–September 2, 2007, p. 58, ill. p. 59, as Le Vase bleu.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi, October 20, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 25, ill., as Le Vase bleu.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 79, ill., and cover.
Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Palazzo Pitti, Impressionisti a Palazzo Pitti : 12 capolavori dal Museo d’Orsay, September 24, 2013–January 5, 2014, n.n., pp. 86-89, ill., as Le vase bleu.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne/Renoir, Capolovori dal Musée de l'Orangerie, March 19–June 30, 2024, no. 44, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Traveled to: Fondation Gianadda, Martigny, France, July 13–November 19, 2024 (Titled: Cézanne - Renoir, Regards croisés); Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, January 17–May 7, 2025; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, May 29–September 7, 2025; Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, September 20, 2025–January 25, 2026.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 143.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 175.
Paul Vitry, Carle Dreyfus, Paul Leprieur... [et al.]. Catalogue de la Collection Isaac de Camondo. Paris: Musée national du Louvre, 1922, no. 154, as Le Vase bleu. Iris et pois senteur, c. 1890.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, pp. 209, 212, listed.
Brière, Gaston. Musée National du Louvre: catalogue des peintures exposées dans les galeries. I, école française. Paris: Musées Nationaux, Palais du Louvre, 1924, p. 24, no. CA. 154, as Le vase bleu, c. 1890.
Glaser, Curt. "Das Cézanne-Buch Joachim Gasquets I [and] II." Kunst und Künstler 25, nos. 8 and 9 (1927), ill. p. 286.
Schwabacher, Sascha. "Die Impressionisten der Sammlung Camondo im Louvre." Der Cicerone 19, no. 12 (1927), p. 376, as Le vase bleu.
Waldmann, Emil. Die Kunst des Realismus und des Impressionismus. Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, 1927, pl. XLI and cover.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XLVIII.
Jamot, Paul. "Ecole française: XIXe siècle - 3e partie." In La peinture au musée du Louvre I, Ecole française. Paris: L'Illustration, 1929, p. 78, pl. 58, as Le Vase bleu. Iris et pois de senteur.
Waldmann, Emil. Paul Cézanne: Acht farbige Gemälde. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1930, pl. 4.
Peschcke-Koedt, Matthias. "Statusopgorelse i Malerkunsten." Samleren 10 (December 1933), p. 193, ill.
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 115, ill.
Blot, Eugène. Histoire d'une collection de tableaux modernes, 50 ans de peinture (de 1882 à 1932). Paris: Editions d'Art, 1934, pp. 36–37.
Besson, George (introduction). "Paul Cézanne: 1839–1906." Estampes. Paris: Braun & Cie, August 1936 (no. 4), no. 100258 p. 14 (portfolio of 10 color plates).
L'Art sacré: revue mensuelle. Special number, Cézanne. Paris, May 1936, fig. 25 p. 32, as Le vase bleu.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 512, ill. vol. II, as Le vase bleu.
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, ill. opp. p. 69.
Besson, George. Cézanne, 10 Planches en couleurs. Paris: Les Éditions Braune & Cie, 1938(?).
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, fig. 45.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 94, listed (analysis p. 346).
Auzas, Pierre. Peintures de Cézanne. Paris: Editions du Chêne, 1946, pl. XIV (in color), as Le Vase bleu, dated 1887–90.
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. 25, no. 37, as Le Vase bleu, c. 1885-1887.
Loran, Erle. "Cézanne in 1952." Quarterly (Art Institute of Chicago) 46, no. 1 (February 1, 1952), p. 9, ill.
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 17, as Stilleben mit blauer Vase, 1883-1887.
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 17.
Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, pp. 24–25, no. 47.
Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, ill. p. 274, c. 1885-1887.
Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 264.
Chassé, Charles. Les Nabis et leur temps. Lausanne: La Bibliothèque des arts, 1960, pl. 14.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 135.
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 141, ill. p. 23, as Le Vase bleu, c. 1885-87.
Flam, Jack. Matisse on Art. New York: Phaidon, 1973, pp. 24–25, fig. 25 (p. 24, quoted above).
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 16 (with comments).
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Chefs-d’œuvre impressionnistes du Musée du Jeu de Paume. London: Thames & Hudson, 1984, p. 30, ill.
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 Le vase bleu, c. 1885-87.
Flam, Jack. Matisse: The Man and His Art, 1869–1918. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986, pp. 362–63, fig. 363.
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 56, ill. b/w.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 142, ill. in color.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 91, ill. in color.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 174, ill.
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 39, fig. 14.
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 27, ill.
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 42.
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. 675, ill. vol. 2, as Le Vase bleu.
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, pl. 18.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Sammler. Von Zola bis Annenberg." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 177, ill.
Brettell, Richard, and Stephen Eisenmann. Nineteenth-Century Art in the Norton Simon Museum. New Haven: Norton Simon Foundation with Yale University Press, 2006, p. 310, fig. 82a, as The Blue Vase.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 282; vol. 2, p. 182, as Le vase bleu.
Novotny, Fritz. Paul Cézanne: Gesammelte Schriften zu seinem Werk und Materialien aus dem Nachlaß. Introduction by Gabriel Ramin Schor (editor), Agnes Blaha (assistance). Vienna: Klever, 2011, fig. 45.
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Record last updated June 21, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Vase bleu, 1889–90 (FWN 823)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=655 (accessed on October 6, 2024).