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Catalogue entry

FWN 824
Pot de primevères et fruits sur une table
c.1890
Alternate titles: Apples and Primroses; Le begonia; Pommes et fleurs; Pommes sur une table; Pot de géraniums et fruits; Pot de géraniums et pommes; Still Life; Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses; Still Life with Pot of Geraniums; Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Primeln
Rewald (680): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1890–93; Venturi (599): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 36 3/8 in. (73 x 92.4 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Julien-François (Père) Tanguy, Paris
Paul-César Helleu, Paris;
Claude Monet, Giverny (gift from Helleu, Mar. 1894);
Michel Monet, Giverny
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune and Knoedler Galleries, Paris and New York (May 18, 1926)
Knoedler Galleries, New York (Oct. 31, 1927)
Adolph Lewisohn, New York;
Samuel A. Lewisohn, New York;
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1951)
Exhibition History
1907b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Fleurs et natures mortes, November 14–30, 1907, no. 6, as Le begonia, lent by Monet, apparently this work was for sale.
1925c Paris
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Cinquante ans de peinture française, 1875-1925, May 28–July 12, 1925, no. 12, as Pommes sur une table, 1886, lent by Monet.
1929 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 29, ill., as Still Life, lent by A. Lewisohn.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 70, pl. XXXVII, as Pot de géraniums et pommes, lent by A. Lewisohn.
1936d London
New Burlington Galleries, London, Exhibition of Masters of French 19th Century Painting, October 1–31, 1936, no. 89, pl. IX, as Pot de géraniums et fruits, lent by Lewisohn.
1936 Toledo
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Cézanne and Gauguin, November 1–December 13, 1936, no number.
1937a Paris
Palais National des Arts, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvres de l'art français [World's Fair], June–October 1937, no. 253, pl. 114, as Pot de géraniums et pommes, lent by Lewisohn.
1938c New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, Cézanne, March 28–April 19, 1938, no. 18, ill.
1940f New York
New York World's Fair, New York, Masterpieces of Art, May–October 1940, no. 346, ill., as Still Life with Pot of Geraniums, lent by Lewisohn.
1944b New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibition, May 1944, no number, ill.
1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 51, ill. lent by Lewisohn.
1951c New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Lewisohn Collection, November 2–December 2, 1951, no. 13, ill., p. 43.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 83, ill. lent by Metropolitan Museum. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1954 Rotterdam
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Vier Eeuwen Stilleven in Frankrijk, July 10–September 20, 1954, no. 109.
2007 Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920, February 4–May 6, 2007, no. 76, ill.
2007b Berlin
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Französische Meisterwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 1–October 7, 2007, listed p. 207, ill., as Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Primeln.
Published References
Piper & Co. 1912
Paul Cèzanne - Mappe. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1912, pl. 10, as Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Primeln.
Bertram 1929
Bertram, Anthony. Cézanne. London: Studio, 1929, pl. 24.
Fry 1929
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 138, ill.
Bourgeois and Waldemar-George 1932
Bourgeois, Stephan, and Waldemar-George. "L'art français du XIXe et du XXe siècles à la collection Adolphe et Samuel Lewisohn." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, nos. 28–29 (1932), ill. between pp. 306 and 307.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 40.
Rewald 1936a
Rewald, John. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Art sacré: revue mensuelle, special number, Cézanne (May 1936), p. 8, fig. 15 p. 17, as Pommes et fleurs.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 599, ill. vol. II, as Pot de géraniums et fruits.
Huyghe 1936d
Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 36.
Art News 1936a
"Cezanne's Paintings and Watercolors Exhibited in Fine One Man Loan Show at the Paris Orangerie." The Art News XXXIV, 39 (Aug. 15, 1936), p. 6, ill., as Pot de géraniums et pommes.
Huisman 1937
Huisman, Georges. Histoire-guide de la peinture française. Paris: Denoel, 1937, p. 38, ill.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 74.
Raynal 1937
Raynal, Maurice. Cent trente chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art français. Paris: Arts et métiers graphiques, 1937, p. 140, ill.
Vollard 1937
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 28.
Huisman 1937a
Huisman, Georges (introduction). "La rétrospective d'art français." L'Amour de l'art 18, no. 5 (May 1937), fig. 90, p. 38, as Pot de géraniums et pommes.
Goldwater 1938
Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 143, ill.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 121, listed (analysis p. 363).
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 78.
Kuhn 1947
Kuhn, Walt. "Cézanne: Delayed Finale." Art News 46, no. 2 (April 1947), p. 16, ill.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 68, as Pot de géraniums et fruits, 1886-90.
Vaudoyer 1947
Vaudoyer, Jean-Louis. Les Peintres provençaux de Nicolas Froment à Paul Cezanné. Paris: La Jeune Parque, 1947, p. 89, ill.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 98, listed p. 161.
Louchheim 1952
Louchheim, Aline Bernstein. "Cezanne: Link in Art." The New York Times (New York) (April 6, 1952), p. 22, ill., as Apples and Primroses.
Rousseau 1952b
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. "Notes." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 10, no. 9 (May 1952), ill. on cover.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 85, ill.
Fussiner 1956
Fussiner, Howard. "Organic Integration in Cézanne's Painting." College Art Journal 15, no. 4 (Summer 1956), pp. 302–12, ill.
Faré 1962
Faré, Michel. La nature morte en France. Geneva: Cailler, 1962, vol. II, fig. 499.
Sterling and Salinger 1967
Sterling, Charles, and Margaretta M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. III. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967, p. 102, ill.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 134.
Salinger 1968
Salinger, Margaretta. "Windows Open to Nature." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 27, no. 1 (Summer 1968), ill.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 49.
Baetjer 1980
Baetjer, Katherine. European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, p. 26, ill. p. 615.
Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 39.
Moffett 1985
Moffett, Charles S. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985, pp. 184–85, ill.
Baron and Bonafoux 1993
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 39, ill.
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. 680, ill. vol. 2, as Pot de primevères et fruits sur une table.
Warman 2011
Warman, Jayne. "Cézanne peintre des peintres." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 167, fig. 83, as Pot de primevères et fruits sur une table.
Patin 2016
Patin, Sylvie. Monet's Private Picture Gallery at Giverny. Montreuil: Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2016, p. 135, ill.
Lobstein 2017
Lobstein, Dominique. "Paul Cézanne in the Monet Collection." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 168, fig. 34.
Mathieu and Lobstein 2017
Mathieu, Marianne, and Dominique Lobstein with the collaboration of Claire Gooden. "Vue synoptique de la collection Monet." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 268–69, listed and ill.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 25, ill.
Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 59.
Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 217, fig. 3, as Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses.
Smith 2021
Smith, Paul. "Cezanne's Non-Constructive Line." In Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 1.
Record last updated May 2, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pot de primevères et fruits sur une table, c.1890 (FWN 824)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=659 (accessed on March 28, 2024).