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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

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Maurice Gangnat, Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris (1913)
Emil Staub-Terlinden, Männedorf (by 1923)
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Chester Dale, New York (Nov. 19, 1927);
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1963)
Exhibition History
1901b Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grandes serres de l'Exposition universelle (Cours-la-reine), Paris, 17e exposition, April 20–May 21, 1901, no. 154, as Nature morte, lent by Vollard.
1907a Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 43, as La Carafe, lent by Gangnat.
1917 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 42, as Nature morte, lent by E. St[aub?]
1928d New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Paul Cézanne, January 1928, no. 1, as Grande nature morte, lent by M/M Chester Dale.
1928c New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection, October 1928, no. 3.
1929 New York
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.
1930a New York
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.
1930 Paris
Galerie George Petit, Paris, Cent ans de peinture française: exposition au profit de la cité universitaire, June 15–30, 1930, no. 27, ill., as Nature morte, lent by M. and Mme Chester Dale, New-York.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 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
Denis 1909–10
Denis, Maurice. "Cézanne." Kunstbladet (1909–10), p. 245, ill.
Bernard 1920b
Bernard, Émile. "La technique de Paul Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 276, as Nature morte.
Fontainas and Vauxcelles 1922
Fontainas, André and Louis Vauxcelles. "Paul Cézanne." Histoire générale de l'art français de la Révolution à nos jours: la peinture, la gravure, le dessin. Paris: Librairie de France, 1922, ill. p. 228, as Nature morte.
René-Jean 1923
René-Jean. "L'art français dans une collection suisse: la collection de M. Staub-Terlinden." La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe (Paris) vol. 6, no. 8 (August 1923), ill. p. 471, as Nature morte.
Courthion 1926c
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.
Beaux-arts 1929
"Au Musée d'Art moderne de New-York." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 12 (December 20,1929), ill. p. 8, as Nature morte.
Dale and Dale 1929
Dale, Chester and Maud Dale. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929, no. 59, ill.
Gasquet 1929
Gasquet, Joachim, translated by Elsa Glaser. "Aus dem Leben Cézannes." Kunst und Künstler 27, no. 7 (1929), ill. p. 277.
Pemberton 1930
Pemberton, Murdock. Picture Book. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930, pl. 13.
Gasquet 1930b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 24.
Craven 1931
Craven, Thomas. Men of Art. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931, p. 410, ill.
McBride 1931a
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.
Mack 1935
Mack, Gerstle. Paul Cézanne. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935, fig. 31.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 625, ill. vol. II, as La Bouteille de peppermint.
Vollard 1937
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 10.
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. 160.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 92.
Frankfurter 1941
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Now the Great French 19th Century in the National Gallery." Art News 40, no. 17 (December 15–31, 1941), p. 18, ill.
National Gallery of Art 1942
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1942, p. 71, ill., as Still Life.
Cairns and Walker 1944
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker. Masterpieces of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1944, p. 182, ill.
Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 11, ill.
Jewell 1944b
Jewell, Edward Alden. French Impressionists and Their Contemporaries. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 94, ill.
Chester Dale 1948
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Washington, D.C. 1953, p. 71, ill., as Nature morte.
Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 96–97, ill.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 229.
Uchida 1960
Uchida, Sono. Cézanne. Tokyo: Misuzu-Shobo, 1960, p. 55, ill.
Guichard-Meili 1967
Guichard-Meili. Henri Matisse: son oeuvre - son univers. Paris: Hazan, 1967, ill. p. 22, as Nature morte, c. 1890.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 134.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 32.
National Gallery of Art 1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1975, no. 1768, p. 61 ill., as Still Life.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 101.
Bourges 1977
Bourges, Marianne R. Cézanne en son atelier. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 1977, ill.
Reff 1977c
Reff, Theodore. "Painting and Theory in the Final Decade." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 31, ill.
Reff 1979b
Reff, Theodore. "The Pictures within Cézanne's Pictures." Arts Magazine 53, no. 10 (June 1979), fig. 34.
Kelder 1980
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York: Abbeville Press, 1980, p. 406, ill.
Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 83.
House 1985
House, John. Impressionist Masterpieces: National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York: Hugh Lauther Levin, 1985, p. 56, pl. 17.
Bessonova and Williams 1986
Bessonova, Marina, and William Williams. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Hermitage, Leningrad, The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York: Park Lane, 1986, p. 171, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 211, ill.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 184, ill.
Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 123, ill. in color.
Naubert-Riser 1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 101.
Kitschen 1995
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 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. 772, ill. vol. 2, as La Bouteille de menthe.
Smith 1996
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 67, fig. 55, as Still Life with Peppermint Bottle.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 285, fig. 176.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 11, pl. 4.
Freudenberg 2017
Freudenberg, Inken. "The Chimerical Pursuit of Art, Paul Cézanne and Gustave Flaubert: An Affinity Explored." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 7.
Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 256, ill.
Serres et al 2019
Serres, Karen (ed.). The Courtauld Collection, A Vision of Impressionism. Paris and London: Fondation Louis Vuitton and Paul Holberton Publishing, 2019. Exhibition catalogue (2019 Paris), p. 210, fig. 77.
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. 173 p. 180.
Clark 2022
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pl. 42.
La Bouteille de menthe, 1893–95 (FWN 857). Get Fréres Pippermint
Get Fréres Pippermint
Photo: Courtesy Paul Smith
La Bouteille de menthe, 1893–95 (FWN 857). Jules Cheret, Pippermint Get, 1899
Jules Cheret, Pippermint Get, 1899
Photo: Courtesy Paul Smith

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Record last updated March 14, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Bouteille de menthe, 1893–95 (FWN 857)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=749 (accessed on March 28, 2024).