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Catalogue entry

FWN 856
Nature morte aux aubergines
1893–94
Alternate titles: Nature morte; Still Life; Still Life with Ginger Jar and Eggplants; Still Life with Ginger Jar and Eggplants (Nature morte aux aubergines)
Rewald (769): 1893–94; Venturi revised: 1893–95; Venturi (597): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
28 11/16 x 36 3/16 in. (73 x 92 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3559, huile. sur une draperie bleue, une assiette de fruits, une bouteille, un pot vert, un pot ventru entouré d'osier etc. q.q. aubergines sont pendues au [?], 73 x 92 cm (400 frs)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Bequest of Stephen C. Clark)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
[Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York]
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York (May 4, 1906);
Mr. and Mrs Horace Havemeyer, New York
[Knoedler Galleries, New York (Sept. 20, 1948)]
Stephen C. Clark, New York (Nov. 1948);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1960)
Exhibition History
1928e New York
Durand-Ruel, New York, French Masterpieces of the Late XIX Century, March 20–April 10, 1928, no. 4, as Nature morte, lent by anon.
1949a New York
The Century Association, New York, Trends in European Painting, February 2–March 31, 1949, no number.
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. 13, ill.
1955 Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Great French Paintings, January 20–February 20, 1955, no. 4.
1955b New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections, May 31–September 7, 1955, no number, lent by Clark.
1958b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1958, no. 18, as Still Life, lent by Stephen C. Clark.
1959d New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1959, no. 11, lent by Stephen C. Clark.
1960a New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1960, no. 11, lent by Stephen C. Clark.
1960 New Haven
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni, May 19–June 26, 1960, no. 78.
1975 Leningrad and traveling
State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russian Federation, 100 Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum, May 22–July 27, 1975, no. 72, as Still Life with Ginger Jar and Eggplants. Traveled to: State Pushkin Museum, Moscow, August 28–November 2, 1975.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 59, ill.
2001–02 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Impressionist Still Life, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002, pp. 176, 179, pl. 83, as Still Life with Ginger Jar and Eggplants, lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17–June 9, 2002.
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. 75, ill.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 63, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Havemeyer 1931
H.O. Havemeyer Collection: Catalogue of Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Object of Art. Portland, Me.: [privately published], 1931, p. 329.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 597, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte.
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. 140, ill. JW: ? (in notebooks).
Barr 1955
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. "Paintings from Private Collections." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 22, no. 4 (Summer 1955), p. 11, ill.
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. 111, ill.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 39, ill.
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. 617.
Moffett 1985
Moffett, Charles S. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985, pp. 196–97, ill.
Weitzenhoffer 1986
Weitzenhoffer, Frances. The Havemeyers: Impressionism Comes to America. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 142, pl. 107.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 210, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 188, ill.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 185, ill.
Baron and Bonafoux 1993
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 37, ill.
Wold 1993
Wold, Gretchen. "Appendix." In Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, no. 78, ill.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 57.
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. 769, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte aux aubergines.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 126, fig. 3.26, as Nature morte aux aubergines.
Feilchenfeldt 2005b
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Sammler. Von Zola bis Annenberg." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 174, ill.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 293; vol. 2, p. 188, as Nature morte aux aubergines.
Alsdorf 2010
Alsdorf, Bridget. "Interior Landscapes: Metaphor And Meaning In Cézanne's Late Still Lifes." Word & Image 26 (2010), p. 319, fig. 6.
Coutagne 2011d
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 230, fig. 159.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 193, pl. 84.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2014
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "Cézanne in the Studio." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 221, fig. 16, as Still Life with Ginger Jar and Eggplants (Nature morte aux aubergines).
Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 248, ill.
Société Paul Cezanne 2019
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 185 p. 190.
Clark 2022
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pl. 31.
Smith 2023
Smith, Paul. "Looking slowly with Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine 165 (April 2023), fig. 12.
Record last updated July 5, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte aux aubergines, 1893–94 (FWN 856)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=746 (accessed on April 26, 2024).