The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
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FWN 860
La Corbeille de pommes
c.1893
Alternate titles: Apfel, Flasche und Kuchen; Corbeille de pommes; Der Apfelkorb; Korb mit Äpfeln; Le panier de pommes; Les pommes; Nature morte; Nature morte: La corbeille de pommes; Pommes; Still Life; Stilleben; Stilleben mit einem Korb voll Äpfeln; Stilleven; The Basket of Apples
Rewald (800): c.1893; Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (600): 1890–94; Rivière: 1883; Vollard: 1885
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. (65 x 80 cm)
Signed lower left in red-brown: P. Cezanne
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Sonderausstellung Paul Cézanne, April 22–June 15, 1904, no number, as Korb mit Äpfeln.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XI. Jahrgang, Winter 1908/1909, II. Ausstellung, October 15–November 8, 1908, no. 17, as Apfel, Flasche und Kuchen.
Manzi, Joyant & Cie, l'Hôtel de la revue "Les Arts," Paris, Exposition d'art moderne, June 6–July 6, 1912, no. 3, as Pommes, [lent by Bernheim-Jeune].
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Art français du XIXe siècle au profit de l'Association Générale des mutilés de la guerre, June 25–July 13, 1917, no. 5, as Corbeille de pommes, lent by Hessel.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, L'art français au XIXe siècle, 1919.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, December 1–18, 1920, no. 28, as Les pommes, lent by Hessel.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Œuvres de grands maitres du dix-neuvième siècle, May 3–June 3, 1922, no. 9, as Le panier de pommes, 1885, lent by Jos. Hessel.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition Paul Cézanne (au profit de la caisse du monument Cézanne), March 3–24, 1924.
Boston Art Club, Boston, Modern French Paintings from the Birch-Bartlett Collection, 1925.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Modern French Paintings from the Birch-Bartlett Collection, 1925.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, French Painting of the XIXth and XXth Centuries, March 6–April 6, 1929, no. 6, pl. XXIV, as La Corbeille de pommes, lent by Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 305, (dated c. 1885), lent by Art Institute.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, June 1–November 1, 1934, no. 290, (dated c. 1885), as The Basket of Apples, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago.
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November 10–December 10, 1934, no. 17, (dated c. 1885), as The Basket of Apples, lent by Art Institute of Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Modern Paintings in the Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial from The Birch Bartlett Collection, 1946, no number, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 54, ill. lent by Art Institute of Chicago. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 25, shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 14, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 44, fig. 39, pp. 37, 342–43, as La Corbeille de pommes. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, February 17–May 13, 2007; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 19–September 16, 2007.
Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, no. 67, ill.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 103, ill.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, possible loan, hors catalogue.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 56, ill. Reflection: "The Breaking Point" by Luc Tuymans, p. 129. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Bernard, Émile. "Erinnerungen an Paul Cézanne." Kunst und Künstler 6, nos. 10-12 (1908), p. 521, ill.
Hind, C. Lewis. The Post Impressionists. London: Methuen, 1911, ill. opposite p. 74, as Still Life.
Weisbach, Werner. Impressionismus: Ein Problem der Malerei in der Antike und Neuzeit ,vol. II. Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1911, ill. p. 162, as Stilleben.
Alexandre, Arsène. "Exposition d'art moderne à l'Hôtel de la revue 'Les Arts.'" Les Arts: revue mensuelle des musées, collections, expositions, no. 128 (August 1912), ill. p. VII, no. 6, as Pommes.
Borgmeyer, Charles Louis. The Master Impressionists. Chicago: The Fine Arts Press, 1913, p. 230, ill., as Still Life, Collection Hessel.
"A Private Collection in Germany That Contains Fourteen Examples of the Art of Paul Cezanne, a Great Modern, Who Already Is Placed with the Old Masters, in Darmstadt." New York Times, July 6, 1913, ill. p. 15, as Still Life, Hessel collection.
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 33, as La Corbeille de pommes.
Cortissoz, Royal. "Cézanne at His Best, and What That Best is Worth." New York Tribune, March 4, 1917, ill. p. 3.
Stuart, Evelyn Marie. "Cézanne and His Place in Impressionism." Fine Arts Journal 35, no. 5 (May 1917), p. 335, ill., as Still Life, "Collection Joseph Hessel".
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 153.
Coquiot, Gustave. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Ollendorf, 1919, p. 246 (listed), as La Corbeille de pommes.
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Munich: Kurt Wolfe Verlag, 1921, ill. opp. p. 120, as Stilleben, dated circa 1885.
Janneau, Guillaume. "Les grandes expositions: maîtres du siècle passé." La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe (Paris), vol. 5, no. 5 (May 1922), p. 342, as Le panier de pommes.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 185.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 211, listed, erroneously listed as Pellerin collection.
Denis, Maurice. "Le dessin de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 2 (February 1924), ill. p. 41, as Nature morte, (Coll. Hessel).
"Cézanne, Rousseau Picasso." Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago vol. 20, no. 5 (1926), pp. 62–63, ill. on cover.
Watson, Forbes. "A Note on the Birch-Bartlett Collection." The Arts 9 (June 1926), p. 304, ill.
Zabel, Morton Dauwen. "An American Gallery of Modern Painting." Art and Archaeology 26 (December 1928), pp. 232–33, ill. p. 227.
Modern Paintings in the Helen Birch-Bartlett Memorial Collection, 2nd ed. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1929, pp. 8–9, ill.
Bulliet, Clarence Joseph. Apples and Madonnas: Emotional Expression in Modern Art. New York: Covici, 1930, p. 56, ill.
Olmenhove, van den. "Kunst: Paul Cézanne." Verf en kunst: maandblad van P. A. Regnault's verf-, inkt- en blikfabrieken (Surabaya) 4, no.10, no.11, no.12 (1935), ill p. 7 (no.10), as Stilleven, 1877.
Larguier, Léo. Paul Cézanne ou le drame de la peinture. Paris: Denoël et Steele, 1936, p. 25, ill.
Ors, Eugenio d.' "Crise de Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 15, periode 6 (June 1936), p. 363, fig. 2, as Nature morte: La corbeille de pommes.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 600, ill. vol. II, as La Corbeille de pommes.
Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 141, ill.
Lecuyer, Raymond. "Triomphe 1939 de Paul Cézanne." Le Figaro, supplément littéraire, Janvier 21, 1939, ill. p. 7, as Nature morte, erroneously listed as Pellerin collection.
Loran, Erle. "Cézanne in 1952." Quarterly (Art Institute of Chicago) 46, no. 1 (February 1, 1952), fig. 3, p. 7.
Storey, Benjamin. "Retrospettiva Cézanne." Emporium 115, no. 689 (May 1952), p. 194, ill. (detail).
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 18, as Stilleben mit einem Korb voll Äpfeln, 1890-94.
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 18.
Hamilton, George Heard. "Cézanne, Bergson and the Image of Time." College Art Journal 16, no. 1 (Fall 1956), p. 8, ill.
Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1961, p. 72, as The Basket of Apples.
Levey, Michael. A Concise History of Paintings: From Giotto to Cézanne. London: Praeger, 1962, fig. 549.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 88.
Longaker, Jon D. Art, Style & History: A Selective Survey of Art. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman, 1970, pp. 223–24, pl. 12.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 30, with comments.
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York: Abbeville Press, 1980, pp. 408-09, ill.
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 32.
Brettell, Richard. "The Bartletts and the 'Grande Jatte:' Collecting Modern Painting in the 1920s." Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 12, no. 2 (1986), no. 1 of checklist, ill.
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 125, ill. b/w.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 183, ill.
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 33, ill.
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. 800, ill. vol. 2, as La Corbeille de pommes.
Jensen, Robert. "Vollard and Cézanne: An Anatomy of a Relationship." In Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 37, fig.39, as The Basket of Apples.
Buschhoff, Anne. "Paula Modersoh-Becker und Paris. Fünf Vorbemerkungen; Lanschaften; Figurenbilder; Stillleben." In Paula Modersohn-Becker und die Kunst in Paris um 1900 - Von Cézanne bis Picasso. Munich: Hirmer, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 193-194, fig. 2, as Der Apfelkorb, 1890-94.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Paul Cézanne, 22. April bis 15. Juni 1904." Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1901-1905. vol. 2, "Man steht da und staunt". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 516, ill.
"Kollektion Lovis Corinth: Ausstellung 'Stilleben': 15. Oktober bis 10. November 1908." In Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910 vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 53, ill.
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 19.
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 89.
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pl. 1.
Muir, Kimberly, Kristi Dahm, Giovanni Verri, Maria Kokkori, and Clara Granzotto. "'A Harmony Parallel to Nature' – Color, Form, and Space in Cezanne's Watercolors and Oil Paintings." In Cezanne. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2022, p. 51, fig. 6 (detail).
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 28.
Smith, Paul. "Looking slowly with Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine 165 (April 2023), fig. 1.
Record last updated July 20, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Corbeille de pommes, c.1893 (FWN 860)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=776 (accessed on April 21, 2025).
