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Catalogue entry

FWN 831
Bouteille de liqueur
c.1890
Alternate titles: Bouteille de liqueurs; Fruit and Wine; La Bouteille treillissée; Still Life with Bottle; Still Life with Fruit and Wine; Still Life – Pears and Brandy
Rewald (681): c.1890; Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (606): 1888–90; Ratcliffe: possibly 1886, on account of Cassatt letter, but does not consider her reliable
Oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 25 7/8 in. (54.2 x 65.7 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3750, une table portant une nap[p]e de poires et une bouteille, 54 x 65 cm
Vollard archives: photo no. [353] and 64, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1888

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears, Boston (Apr. 19, 1906)
Montross Gallery, New York
Lillie P. Bliss, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York
Irene Mayer Selznick, New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo
Private collection, Japan
Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa
Exhibition History
1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 35, as La Bouteille treillissée, lent by Mrs. Montgomery Sears.
1916b New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, hors catalogue.
1917 New York
Arden Gallery, New York, [Cézanne], March 1917, lent by Bliss.
1921c New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, May 3–September 15, 1921, no. 9, as Still Life – Pears and Brandy, lent by Bliss.
1926 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926, lent by Miss Bliss.
1931–32 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 10, ill., as Fruit and Wine. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.
1934c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 6 (?)
1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 24, (dated c. 1885–88), as Fruit and Wine, lent by Museum of Modern Art.
1935 Pittsburgh
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 15 (?), as Fruit and Wine.
1935 Northampton
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, French Paintings from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, April 23–May 19, 1935, no. 3, as Fruit and Wine.
1936 Cleveland
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, June 26–October 4, 1936, no. 256.
1938 Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, Painters of Still Life, January 25–February 15, 1938, no. 50.
1940f New York
New York World's Fair, New York, Masterpieces of Art, May–October 1940, no. 344, as Still Life with Fruit and Wine, lent by MoMA.
1941 Worcester
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, The Art of the Third Republic: French Painting, 1870–1940, February 22–March 16, 1941, no. 6, ill., as La Bouteille treillissée, 1885-88, lent by the Museum of Modern Art.
1953c New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Collector's Choice, March 17–April 18, 1953, no. 24.
1957b New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York, Masterpieces Recalled, February 6–March 2, 1957, no. 18.
1997 Kasama
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan, Cézanne, October 4–November 30, 1997, no. 22, ill.
1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 88, ill., as Bouteille de liqueur, lent by Private collection, Japan. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
2008–09 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Homage to Cézanne: His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting, November 15, 2008–January 25, 2009, no. 121, ill., as Bouteille de liqueur, lent by Pola Museum of Art. Traveled to: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, February 7–April 12, 2009.
2015 Kanagawa
Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan, Cézanne, Pioneer of Modern Art, April 4–September 27, 2015, no. 26, ill. lent by Pola Museum of Art.
2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 70, ill. lent by Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa.
2020 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 56, ill. lent by Pola Museum of Art, Hakone.
Published References
McBride 1917
McBride, Henry. "Important Cézannes in Arden Galleries." The Sun (New York), March 4, 1917, p. 12, ill.
Klein 1934
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 6.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 606, ill. vol. II, as Bouteille de liqueurs.
Barr 1942
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 30, no. 93, as Fruit and Wine.
Weitzenhoffer 1986
Weitzenhoffer, Frances. The Havemeyers: Impressionism Comes to America. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 142, pl. 103.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 183, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 189, ill. in color.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 25–26, 94, 130, 163, 298, 306, 327, 337, figs. 7 and 148.
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. 681, ill. vol. 2, as Bouteille de liqueur.
Feilchenfeldt 2005c
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 209, ill.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 175, pl. 69.
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. 216, fig. 2, as Still Life with Bottle.
Record last updated July 6, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bouteille de liqueur, c.1890 (FWN 831)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=660 (accessed on March 29, 2024).