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Catalogue entry

FWN 866
Nature morte aux oignons
1896–98
Alternate titles: Nature morte; Oignons; Oignons et Bouteille; Still Life with Onions; Stilleben; Stilleben mit Zwiebeln und einer Flasche
Rewald (803): 1896–98; Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (730): 1895–1900; Rivière: 1887; Cooper: probably 1894; Gowing: c.1895 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
26 x 32 5/16 in. (66 x 82 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Hortense Cézanne, Paris
[Jos. Hessel, Paris]
Auguste Pellerin, Paris;
Musée du Louvre, Paris (1929, Bequest of Auguste Pellerin);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1947-1986);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986)
Exhibition History
1907a Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 28, as Oignons, lent by Cézanne fils.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 98, as Oignons et Bouteille, lent by Louvre, Pell.
1939 Belgrade
Palais du Prince Paul, Belgrade, Serbia, La Peinture française au XIXe siècle, March–April 1939, no. 8, ill., as Oignons et Bouteille, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 35, pl. XIII, lent by Musée du Louvre.
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 37, lent by Louvre.
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 61, pl. XXVII, lent by Musée du Louvre.
1965 Lisbon
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal, Un siècle de peinture française 1850-1950 - Um Século de pintura francesa 1850-1950, 1965, no. 23, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons, c. 1895-1900, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 41, ill. in b/w, as Nature morte aux oignons, 1890-1894.
1977–78 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 25, pl. 148. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 21, ill.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 166, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 45, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
2001 Warsaw and traveling
Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, Poland, Od Maneta do Gauguina: impresjoniści i postimpresjoniści z Musée d'Orsay w Paryżu [From Manet to Gauguin: Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris], January 19–March 25, 2001, p. 70, ill. p. 71, as Nature morte aux oignons. Traveled to: Muzeum Narodowe, Poznan, Poland, March 31–May 13, 2001; Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, May 19–July 4, 2001.
2001–02 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Impressionist Still Life, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002, pp. 188–90, 191, pl. 89, as Still Life with Onions, lent by Musée d'Orsay. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17–June 9, 2002.
2004–05 Essen
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 232, ill. p. 94 and 213, as Nature morte aux oignons.
2007–08 Vienna
Belvedere, Vienna, Wien–Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne und Österreichs Moderne, 1880–1960, October 3, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 291, as Nature morte aux oignons.
2009–10 Canberra
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne & beyond, Post-impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay, December 4, 2009–April 5, 2010, no. 40, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
2010b Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Post-impressionnisme: 115 chefs-d’œuvre de la collection du Musée d’Orsay, May 26–August 16, 2010, no. 39, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
2010–11 San Francisco
de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, September 2010–January 2011, no. 27, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
2011 Rovereto
Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy, La rivoluzione dello sguardo: impressionismo e postimpressionismo dal Musée d'Orsay, March 19–July 24, 2011, no. 13, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
2013 Madrid
Fundación Cultural MAPFRE, Madrid, Impresionistas y postimpresionistas: el nacimiento del arte moderno, February 2–May 5, 2013, no. 27, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
2014 Seoul
National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, Au-delà de l'impressionnisme: la naissance de l'art moderne, May 5–July 31, 2014, no. 46, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 75, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 215, listed.
Rey 1929
Rey, Robert. "Trois tableaux de Cézanne." Bulletin des musées de France 1, no. 12 (December 1929), p. 274, ill.
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 21.
Huyghe 1930a
Huyghe, René. "Dans les musées nationaux." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 1 (January 20, 1930), p. 4, ill. p. 3, as Nature morte.
Iavorskaia 1935b
Iavorskaia, Nina. Paul Cézanne. Milan: Hoepli, 1935, pl. XXIV.
Venturi 1935b
Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), p. 395, fig. 7.
Huyghe 1936b
Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 75, as Nature morte aux oignons, c. 1895.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 730, ill. vol. II, as Oignons et Bouteille.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 167, p. 246, ill. (analysis pp. 389–90).
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 89.
Beaux-arts 1939d
"Le centenaire de Cézanne." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 338 (June 23, 1939), ill. p. 1, as Oignons et bouteille.
Adhémar et al. 1947
Adhémar, Hélène et al. Catalogue des peintures et sculptures exposées au Musée de l’Impressionnisme (Jeu de Paume des Tuileries): les impressionnistes, leurs précurseurs et leurs contemporains. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1947, p. 27, no. 41, as Nature morte aux oignons, c. 1895-1900.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 151, listed p. 171.
Jourdain 1950
Jourdain, Francis. Cézanne. Paris: Braun, 1950, ill.
Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 114–15, ill.
Hofmann 1953
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 20, as Stilleben mit Zwiebeln und einer Flasche, 1895-1900.
Rousseau 1953
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 20.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, ill. p. 106 and on cover (detail).
Adhémar 1958
Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, pp. 26–27, no. 51.
Bazin 1958
Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, ill. p. 275, 1895-1900.
Erpel 1958
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1958, p. 39.
Sterling and Adhémar 1958
Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 268.
Mathey 1959
Mathey, François. Les Impressionnistes et leur temps. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1959, p. 140, ill., as Oignons et Bouteille.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 50.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, p. 48, pl. 82.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 134.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 58.
Adhémar et al. 1973
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 141, ill. p. 23, as Nature morte aux oignons, c. 1895-1900.
Erpel 1973
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1973, no. 22.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 40, with comments.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 73.
Rewald 1977a
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Final Decade." Horizon (October 1977), pl. 148 (re-creation of still life, p. 103).
Ponente 1980
Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 21.
Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 43.
Lucie-Smith 1984
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Chefs-d’œuvre impressionnistes du Musée du Jeu de Paume. London: Thames & Hudson, 1984, p. 38, ill.
Compin et al. 1986
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 113, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons, c. 1895.
Laclotte, Lacambre, Distel et al. 1986
Laclotte, Michel, Genviève Lacambre, Anne Distel, et al. La Peinture au Musée d'Orsay. Paris: Editions Scala, 1986, p. 93, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 211, ill.
Erpel 1988
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1988, no. 33.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 193, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 188, ill. in color.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 127, ill. in color.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 190, ill.
Kendall 1989a
Kendall, Richard. The History and Techniques of the Great Master Cézanne. London: Tiger Books International, 1989, p. 55, ill.
Naubert-Riser 1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 107.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 195, fig. 173.
Baron and Bonafoux 1993
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 55, ill.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 71, ill.
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. 803, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte aux oignons.
Boehm 1998
Boehm, Gottfried. "Die Sprache der Dinge. Cézannes Stilleben." In Cézanne—Picasso—Braque. Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 9.
Buberl 2000
Buberl, Brigitte. "Cézanne Manet Schuch. Ein (un)zulässiger Vergleich." In Cézanne Manet Schuch: drei Wege zur autonomen Kunst. Munich: Hirmer, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 5.
Shiff 2000
Shiff, Richard. "Mark, Motif, Materiality." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 112, fig. 14, as Nature morte aux oignons.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 385; vol. 2, p. 244, as Nature morte aux oignons.
Record last updated September 20, 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 oignons, 1896–98 (FWN 866)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=779 (accessed on March 28, 2024).