The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
Catalogue entry
FWN 857
La Bouteille de menthe
1893–95
Alternate titles: Grande nature morte; La Bouteille de peppermint; La Carafe; Nature morte; Still Life; Still Life with Peppermint Bottle
Rewald: (772) 1893–95; Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi: (625) 1890–94; Gowing: c.1892 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
25 7/8 x 32 5/16 in. (65.7 x 82 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3757, huile. nature morte. sur une table une étoffe bleue, une nap[p]e une carafe, une bouteille, q.q. fruits, 65 x 81 cm (250 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3814, Nature morte. Fruits, étoffe bleue, 65 x 81 cm (300 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 3, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1885
Provenance
Exhibition History
Grandes Serres, Paris, Artistes Indépendants, 17e exposition, April 20–May 21, 1901, no. 154, as Nature morte, lent by Vollard.
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 43, as La Carafe, lent by Gangnat.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 42, as Nature morte, lent by E. St[aub?].
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection, October, 1928, no. 3.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Paul Cézanne, January, 1928, no. 1, as Grande nature morte, lent by M/M Chester Dale.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 26, ill., as Still Life, lent by M/M Chester Dale.
Galerie George Petit, Paris, Cent Ans de peinture française, June 15–30, 1930, no. 27, ill., as Nature morte.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, "La nature morte" from Chardin to the abstract: a show for comparison illustrated by examples from the Chester Dale Collection, January, 1930, no. 5, as Grande nature morte.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 35, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Published References
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Bernard, Émile. "La technique de Paul Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 276 as Nature morte.
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Courthion, Pierre. "L'art français dans les collections privées en Suisse (suite): La collection Emile Staub." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 2 (February 1926), p. 42, ill. p. 44 as Nature morte.
Dale, Chester and Maud Dale. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929, no. 59, ill.
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McBride, Henry. "The Chester Dale Collection at New-York." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 14 (April 1931), p. 58 as Grande nature morte.
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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. 772, ill. vol. 2 as La Bouteille de menthe.
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 67, fig. 55 as Still Life with Peppermint Bottle.
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Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 256, ill.
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. 173 p. 180.
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Citation: Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jayne Warman, and David Nash. "La Bouteille de menthe, 1893–95 (FWN 857)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=749 (accessed on April 1, 2020).
