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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 875
Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient
1904
Alternate titles: Drei Totenköpfe auf einem Orientteppich; Les trois têtes de mort; Three Skulls on a Patterned Carpet; Three Skulls on an Oriental Rug; Trois crânes
Rewald (824): 1904; Venturi revised: c.1904; Venturi (759): 1904; Rivière: c.1898
Oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. (54.5 x 65 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 319, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1902
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Gertrud Dübi-Müller, Solothurn (Oct. 1912);
Kunstmuseum Solothurn (1980)
Exhibition History
1921 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 27, as Les trois têtes de mort, tentative identification, lent by Muller.1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 110, as Trois crânes, lent by Frau Gertrude Dübi-Müller.1950 Solothurn
Kunstverein, Solothurn, Switzerland, Hundert Jahre Malerei aus Solothurne Privatbesitz, September 23–November 26, 1950, no. 57, as Trois crânes.1955 Winterthur
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, Europäische Meister, 1790–1910, June 12–July 24, 1955, no. 33, as Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient, lent by G. Dübi, Solothurn.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 51, lent by Dübi-Müller.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 83.1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 86, ill.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 213, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.1999 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Kunst über Grenzen. Die Klassische Moderne von Cézanne bis Tinguely und die Weltkunst - aus der Schweiz gesehen, March 7–May 30, 1999, no. 10, ill.2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 56, ill., as Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient, shown in Zürich only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 152, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2012 Düsseldorf
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany, El Greco und die Moderne, April 28–August 12, 2012, listed p. 405, ill. p. 167, as Three Skulls on a Patterned Carpet, lent by Kunstmuseum Solothurn.2014–15 Philadelphia and traveling
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, The World is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne, June 14–September 22, 2014, pl. 10, p. 83 (dated 1898–1905). Traveled to: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2014–January 31, 2015.2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 156, ill.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 140, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Graber 1923
Graber, Hans. Paul Cézanne Briefe, Erinnerungen von Hans Graber. Basel: Schwabe, 1923, p. 96.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 222, listed.Bernard 1926a
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, pp. 20–21, 22, 30–31, and 63.Sterling 1936
Sterling, Charles. "Cézanne et les maîtres d'autrefois." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), p. 14, as Trois crânes.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 759, ill. vol. II, as Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient.Rewald 1937a
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), pp. 55 and 56, as Trois crânes.Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 184, listed.Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 67.Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 301.Rubin 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 155.Reff 1983
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne: The Severed Head and the Skull." Arts Magazine 58, no. 2 (October 1983), p. 99, fig. 19.Du 1989
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 26, ill.Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 261, ill.Kitschen 1995
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 59.Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 107, 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. 824, ill. vol. 2, as Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient.Benesch 2000
Benesch, Evelyn. "From the Incomplete to the Unfinished: Realisation in the Work of Paul Cézanne." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 57, fig. 23, as Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient.Coutagne 2002
Coutagne, Denis. "The Major Works in the Lauves Studio." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 3, ill. in color.Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 184, fig. 4.35, as Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient.Koella 2006
Koella, Rudolf. "Vollard und die Schweiz." In Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso und ihr Galerist Ambroise Vollard, Gloor, Lukas, Koella, Rudolf, Velhagen, Rudolf. Heidelberg: Edition Braus im Wachter Verlag, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 126, as Drei Totenköpfe auf einem Orientteppich.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 394; vol. 2, p. 248, as Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient.Kitschen 2010
Kitschen, Friederike. "Melancholie und 'décoration.' Zur Stimmung im Werk Paul Cézannes." In Stimmung. Ästhetische Kategorie und künstlerische Praxis, edited by Kerstin Thomas. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2010, p. 91, ill.Fraisset 2011a
Fraisset, Michel. "La vite silenziose di Cézanne." In Cézanne: les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 76, fig. 48.Brettell 2014
Brettell, Richard. "Cézanne still lifes: Philadelphia and Hamilton." The Burlington Magazine 156, no. 1340 (November 2014), fig. 76, as Three Skulls on an Oriental Rug.Smith 2014
Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's Color Lab: Not-So-Still-Life." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 115, fig. 10, as Three Skulls on an Oriental Rug.Barbier-Mueller and Menz 2016
Barbier-Mueller, Monique and Menz, Cäsar. Gertrud Dübi-Müller. Sammlerin, Fotografin, Mäzenin. Zurich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2016, no. 21, ill. p. 33.Eiling et al. 2017
Eiling, Alexander, Anett Göthe, Astrid Reuter, Bettina Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Höllerer, Juliane Betz and Julia Lachenmann. "Catalog." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 325 fig. 1.Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 270, fig. 97.Warman 2017
Warman, Jayne. "Chronologie." In Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 270, fig. 97.Warman 2017a
Warman, Jayne. "Chronology." In Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, NJ.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 107.Smith 2023
Smith, Paul. "Looking slowly with Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine 165 (April 2023), figs. 25 and 22 (detail) with photo of the hindmost skull by the author, fig. 23.
Photo Paul Smith, Courtesy Atelier Cezanne
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient, 1904 (FWN 875)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=800 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
