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 841
Grosses pommes
1891–92
Alternate titles: Äpfel auf einem Tisch; Fruits; Les Grosses Pommes; Nature morte; Pommes et poires; Still life - apples; Still Life with Apples and Pears
Rewald (701): 1891–92; Venturi revised: 1883–86; Venturi (502): 1885–87
Oil on canvas
17 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (44.8 x 58.7 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3361, Peinture à l'huile représentant deux assiettes, une petite avec des fruits d'une harmonie verte; d'une grande harmonie rouge, 44 x 59 cm (150 frs)
Provenance
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (private collection);
Exhibition History
Bruno and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, III. Jahrgang der Kunst-Austellungen, Winter 1900/1901, November 2 - beginning of December 1900, no. 12 (?), as Äpfel auf einem Tisch, recently bought from Vollard by Emil Heilbut.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, December 1–18, 1920, no. 17, as Nature morte, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition d'oeuvres des XIXe et XX siècles, June 19–August 1, 1925, no. 14, as Pommes et poires.
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, Trente ans d’art indépendant: rétrospective de 1884 à 1914, February 20–March 21, 1926, no. 2875, as Nature morte, lent by Private collection.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 47, as Nature morte, tentative identification.
Lucerne, Switzerland, Peintures de l'école impressionniste et neo-impressionniste, February 1929, no. 1.
Alex Reid & Lefevre, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Ten Masterpieces by 19th Century French Painters, April 1929, no. 1.
Reid & Lefevre, London, Ten Masterpieces by 19th Century French Painters, June 1929, as Les Grosses Pommes.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Summer Exhibition, June–September 1930, no. 22, as Still life - apples, lent by Clark.
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Chardin and the Modern Still Life, November 1936, no. 13.
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 11, (dated 1885–87), as Grosses pommes, lent by anon.
Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, New York, Jardin d'été, May 3–31, 1944.
Century Association, New York, Paintings from the Stephen C. Clark Collection, June 6–September 28, 1946.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, A Collector's Taste: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Clark, January 12–30, 1954, no. 9, ill.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, Pictures Collected by Yale Alumni, May 8–June 18, 1956, no. 109, ill.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1958, no. 15, as Still life - apples, lent by Stephen C. Clark.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1959, no. 12, lent by Stephen C. Clark.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1960, no. 12, lent by Stephen C. Clark.
Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam, Franse meesters uit het Metropolitan Museum of Art: Realisten en Impressionisten, March 15–May 31, 1987, no. 24.
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. 74, ill.
Published References
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. L'Art moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois: cent-soixante-treize planches d'après la collection privée de MM. J. & G. Bernheim-Jeune, poèmes de Henri de Régnier , 2 vols. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1919, pl. 29.
Mullen, Mary. An Approach to Art. Merion, PA: The Barnes Foundation Press, 1923, p. 33, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 502, ill. vol. II, as Grosses pommes.
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. 109, ill.
Reff, Theodore. "The Pictures within Cézanne's Pictures." Arts Magazine 53, no. 10 (June 1979), fig. 22.
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. 617.
Moffett, Charles S. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985, p. 200, ill.
Jamme, Christoph. "The Loss of Things: Cézanne, Rilke, Heidegger." Kunst & Museumjournaal 2, no. 1 (1990), p. 41, ill.
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. 701, ill. vol. 2, as Grosses pommes.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte Cézannes in Deutschland." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 136, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 285; vol. 2, p. 185, as Grosses pommes.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Sammlungen Paul Cézanne, Louis Corinth, […], 2. November bis Anfang Dezember 1900." Kunstsalon Bruno & Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1898-1901. vol. 1, «Das Beste aus aller Welt zeigen». Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 360, ill.
Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's 'Primitive' Perspective, or the 'View from Everywhere.'" The Art Bulletin 95, no. 1 (March 2013), fig. 5.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 34, ill., as Fruits, photograph of painting hanging in the Bernheim-Jeune residence at 107 avenue Henri Martin, p. 7.
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. 221, fig. 6, as Still Life with Apples and Pears.
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 27.
Record last updated June 2, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Grosses pommes, 1891–92 (FWN 841)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=679 (accessed on December 2, 2024).
