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Catalogue entry

FWN 802
Nature morte
c.1890
Alternate titles: Apfel und Birne; Nature morte, assiette et fruits
Rewald (677): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1875–77; Venturi (206): 1873–77; Gowing: c.1887
Oil on canvas
11 x 15 7/8 in. (28 x 40.5 cm)
Sotheby's, New York

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Harry Graf Kessler, Weimar (February 14, 1902)
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris
Royan Middleton, Aberdeen
Paul Rosenberg, New York
Heinz Berggruen, Paris
Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London
Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 11, 1999, no. 111, ill.
Barbara and Martin Zweig, New York;
Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 14, 2017, no. 27, ill.
Exhibition History
1921 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 39, as Apfel und Birne, tentative identification, lent by Graf Kessler.
1930c London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Renoir and the Post-Impressionists, June 14–July 1930, no. 11.
1930 Glasgow
Glasgow Art Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom, XIX–XX Century French Painting, October 1930, no. 17.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 41, as Nature morte, c. 1887, lent by anonymous. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 43. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
1982 New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, XIX and XX Century Master Paintings, May 12–June 12, 1982, no. 6, ill.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 57, ill.
2019 Hong Kong
Gagosian, Hong Kong, Cézanne, Morandi, and Sanyu, March 26–May 11, 2019.
Published References
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, p. 9, ill.
Zervos 1930
Zervos, Christian. "De l'importance de l'objet dans la peinture d'aujourd'hui." Cahiers d'Art, no. 3 (1930), p. 115, fig. 7.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 31.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 31.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 206, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte.
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. 677, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte.
Walter 2001
Walter, Sabine. "Die Sammlung Harry Graf Kessler in Weimar und Berlin." 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, p. 74, listed p. 87, p. 71 (fig. 11; photograph, Louis Held, c. 1905, of the still life hanging in Graf Kessler's drawing room, Weimar).
Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 84.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 284; vol. 2, p. 184, as Nature morte.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 174, fig. 68.
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. 421, as Nature morte, assiette et fruits, erroneously listed as Private collection Flechtheim.
Rosebrock 2017
Rosebrock, Tessa. "Four Champions of Modernism, Cézanne's Supporters and Intermediaries in Germany During the Imperial Era." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 7.
Record last updated June 15, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte, c.1890 (FWN 802)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=657 (accessed on April 19, 2024).