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Catalogue entry

FWN 691
L'Amour en plâtre
1894–95
Alternate titles: Fruits et statuette; L'Amour aux fruits; Still Life with Cupid; Still Life with Plaster Cupid; Still Life with Statuette; Stilleben; Stilleben mit Amorette
Rewald (782): 1894–95; Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (707): c.1895; Cooper: 1894–95
Oil on canvas
24 13/16 x 31 7/8 in. (63 x 81 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3678, huile. enfant de plâtre sans bras sur une table au milieu de deux nature mortes de pommes sur un tapis bleu, 65 x 80 cm (100 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 532, Annotated: circa 1895
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Klas Fahraeus, Lidingön-Stockholm (Nov. 28, 1911)
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (1926)
Exhibition History
1911 Vienna
Galerie Miethke, Dorotheergasse 11, Vienna, Kollektiv-Ausstellung Max Kurzweil und Carl Moll, March 4–30, 1911, as Nature morte (Sculpture en plâtre et pêches), tentative identification, 30,000 Fr net.
1917 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, French Art, Spring 1917, no. 5, as L'Amour en plâtre, lent by Klas Fåhræus, Stockholm.
1943 Stockholm
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet:25 år: Jubileumsutställning, November 1943, no. 2, ill., as L'Amour en plâtre, c. 1895, lent by Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
1954 Stockholm
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Cézanne till Picasso, fransk konst i svensk ägo, September 1954, no. 70, ill. p. 21, as L'Amour en plâtre, 1895, lent by Nationalmuseum.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 41, ill. lent by Stockholm.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 71, pl. 34.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 161, ill. shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
1997–98 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 25, ill., pp. 82–83 (dated 1894–95).
2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 44, ill., as L'Amour en plâtre. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
2001–02 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Impressionist Still Life, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002, pp. 186, 187, pl. 87, as Still Life with Cupid, lent by Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17–June 9, 2002.
2002–03 Stockholm and traveling
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Impressionism and the North: Late 19th Century French Avant-Garde Art and the Art in the Nordic Countries 1870–1920, September 25, 2002–January 19, 2003, no. 32, ill., p. 126, as Still Life with Statuette. Traveled to: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, February 21–May 25, 2003.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 36, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2007–08 Atlanta and traveling
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past, October 16, 2007–January 13, 2008, no. 16, ill. p. 63, as Still Life with Statuette. Traveled to: Art Museum, Denver, February 23–May 25, 2008; Art Museum, Seattle, June 15–September 21, 2008.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 62, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Roosval 1913
Roosval, Johnny. "Om Herr Klas Fåhraeus' Konstsamling." Konst och Konstnärer (1913), p. 105, ill. (also right portion seen hanging in gallery, p. 101).
Forthuny 1920c
Forthuny, Pascal. "… et ailleurs: au musée de Stockholm." Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 1, no. 23 (November 1, 1920), p. 653 (with erroneous illustration (FWN 692)).
Gasquet 1921b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, p. 121, pl. p. 122, as L'Amour aux fruits.
Glaser 1922
Glaser, Curt. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1922, pl. 12, as Stilleben, c. 1885.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 232.
Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 34, as Fruits et statuette.
Arishima 1925
Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 40.
Gasquet 1926
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1926, p. 200, pl. [38] hors texte, as L'Amour aux fruits.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 10.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 707, ill. vol. II, as L'Amour en plâtre.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 82.
Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 64.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 149, listed p. 171.
Raynal, Leymarie, and Read 1949
Raynal, Maurice, Jean Leymarie, and Herbert Read. Histoire de la peinture moderne [1]: de Baudelaire à Bonnard, naissance d'une vision nouvelle. Geneva: Skira, 1949, ill. p. 49, as L'Amour en plâtre, c. 1895.
Hartlaub 1953
Hartlaub, G.F. Die Impressionisten in Frankreich. Wiesbaden: Emil Vollmer Verlag, [c. 1953], ill. p. 43, as Stilleben mit Amorette.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 93, ill.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 242.
Reff 1960c
Reff, Theodore. "Book Reviews: Cézanne und die alten Meister by Gertrude Berthold." The Art Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 2 (June 1960), p. 149, Appendix, V. 707.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 33ff, 34, 35, 48, 50, pl. 54.
Martini and Negri 1967
Martini, Alberto, and Renata Negri. Cézanne e il post-impressionismo. Milan: Fabbri, 1967, pl. XIII.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 51.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 75.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 197, ill.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 195, ill.
Baron and Bonafoux 1993
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 45, ill.
Coutagne 1995
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne en Provence. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1995.
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. 782, ill. vol. 2, as L'Amour en plâtre.
Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 58.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 382; vol. 2, p. 242, as L'Amour en plâtre.
Kostenevich 2009
Kostenevich, Albert. "Liubov Popova: From Cézanne to Utopia." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 346, pl. 120, as Still Life with Plaster Cupid.
Fraisset 2011a
Fraisset, Michel. "La vite silenziose di Cézanne." In Cézanne: les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 65, fig. 39.
Shiff 2012b
Shiff, Richard. "Sensation, Cézanne." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 47, fig. 18, as Still Life with Plaster Cupid.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 8, pl. 1.
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. 186 p. 192.
Clark 2022
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pl. 32.
L'Amour en plâtre, 1894–95 (FWN 691). Putto, copy after François Du Quesnoy (in Cézanne's time attributed to Pierre Puget), plaster cast, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Identical to the one which Cezanne had in his Les Lauves studio.
Putto, copy after François Du Quesnoy (in Cézanne's time attributed to Pierre Puget), plaster cast, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Identical to the one which Cezanne had in his Les Lauves studio.
Photo: Erik Cornelius; © Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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Record last updated January 16, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Amour en plâtre, 1894–95 (FWN 691)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=759 (accessed on May 9, 2024).