The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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Catalogue entry
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
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Emil Heilbut, Berlin (April 14, 1900)
Bruno und Paul Cassirer, Berlin;
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (private collection);
Lucie Ceconi [Lucie Cassirer-Oberwart], Berlin
Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1912)
Reid & Lefevre, London, and Knoedler Galleries, New York (January 1929)
Stephen C. Clark, New York (Dec. 1929);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1960)
Exhibition History
1900 Berlin
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.1920d Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, December 1–18, 1920, no. 17, as Nature morte, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.1925 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition d'oeuvres des XIXe et XX siècles, June 19–August 1, 1925, no. 14, as Pommes et poires.1926a Paris
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.1926b Paris
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.1929 Lucerne
Lucerne, Switzerland, Peintures de l'école impressionniste et neo-impressionniste, February 1929, no. 1.1929 Glasgow
Alex Reid & Lefevre, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Ten Masterpieces by 19th Century French Painters, April 1929, no. 1.1929a London
Reid & Lefevre, London, Ten Masterpieces by 19th Century French Painters, June 1929, as Les Grosses Pommes.1930c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Summer Exhibition, June–September 1930, no. 22, as Still life - apples, lent by Clark.1936f New York
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Chardin and the Modern Still Life, November 1936, no. 13.1939h New York
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 11, (dated 1885–87), as Grosses pommes, lent by anon.1944c New York
Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, New York, Jardin d'été, May 3–31, 1944.1946d New York
Century Association, New York, Paintings from the Stephen C. Clark Collection, June 6–September 28, 1946.1954b New York
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.1956 New Haven
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, Pictures Collected by Yale Alumni, May 8–June 18, 1956, no. 109, ill.1958b New York
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.1959d New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1959, no. 12, lent by Stephen C. Clark.1960a New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1960, no. 12, lent by Stephen C. Clark.1987 Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam, Franse meesters uit het Metropolitan Museum of Art: Realisten en Impressionisten, March 15–May 31, 1987, no. 24.2007 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. 74, ill.Published References
Bernheim-Jeune 1919
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 1923
Mullen, Mary. An Approach to Art. Merion, PA: The Barnes Foundation Press, 1923, p. 33, ill.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 502, ill. vol. II, as Grosses pommes.Novotny 1961
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 46.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. 109, ill.Reff 1979b
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Moffett, Charles S. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985, p. 200, ill.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 98, ill.Jamme 1990
Jamme, Christoph. "The Loss of Things: Cézanne, Rilke, Heidegger." Kunst & Museumjournaal 2, no. 1 (1990), p. 41, 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. 701, ill. vol. 2, as Grosses pommes.Feilchenfeldt 2005a
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 2008
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 and Feilchenfeldt 2011a
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 2013
Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's 'Primitive' Perspective, or the 'View from Everywhere.'" The Art Bulletin 95, no. 1 (March 2013), fig. 5.Dauberville 2020
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, 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. 221, fig. 6, as Still Life with Apples and Pears.Nagaï 2022a
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 April 23, 2024).
