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FWN 881
Bouquet de fleurs
1900–03
Alternate titles: Bouquet; Le Bouquet de fleurs; Vase of Flowers
Rewald (893): 1900–03; Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (757): 1902–3; Rivière: 1902–3; Vollard: 1900–1903
Oil on canvas
40 x 32 3/8 in. (101.5 x 82.2 cm)
Vollard X stockbook: no. 5195, fleurs, 100 x 81cm
Vollard archives: photo no. 276, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1900
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Gift of Eugene and Agnes Ernst Meyer)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Marius de Zayas, New York
Agnes and Eugene Meyer, Washington, D.C.;
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1958)
Exhibition History
1912b Paris
Manzi, Joyant & Cie, l'Hôtel de la revue "Les Arts," Paris, Exposition d'art moderne, June 6–July 6, 1912, no number, tentative identification.
1916a New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Loan, 1916.
1916d New York
Modern Gallery [de Zayas], New York, Paintings by Cézanne, January 25, 1916.
1917 New York
Arden Gallery, New York, [Cézanne], March 1917, lent by Meyer.
1920 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters, April 17–May 9, 1920, as Bouquet, hors catalogue, lent by Mrs. Meyer.
1921c New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, May 3–September 15, 1921, no. 22, as Vase of Flowers, lent by Meyer.
1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 31. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
2011–12 Milan
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi, October 20, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 32, ill., as Bouquet de fleurs, lent by National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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. 9, p. 76. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2014–January 31, 2015.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 52, as Bouquet de fleurs.
New York Times 1916
"Art Notes: Still Cezanne." The New York Times (New York), Jan. 29, 1916, p. 8, as Le Bouquet de fleurs.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1916
"List of Accessions and Loans, April 1916." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 11, no. 5 (1916), p.121, listed as being on loan from Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Jr.
Arts and Decoration 1916b
"Exhibitions in the Galleries: The Bouquet de Fleurs." Arts and Decoration 6, no. 5 (March 1916), p. 240, as Le Bouquet de fleurs.
Cortissoz 1917
Cortissoz, Royal. "Cézanne at His Best, and What That Best is Worth." New York Tribune, March 4, 1917, ill. p. 3.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 224, listed.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1923
"List of Accessions and Loans, October 1923." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 18, no. 11 (November 1923), listed.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 757, ill. vol. II, as Bouquet de fleurs.
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), p. 56.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 135.
National Gallery of Art 1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1975, no. 1509, p. 59 ill., as Vase of Flowers.
Rubin 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 162.
Naumann 1980
Naumann, Francis M. "Walter C. Arensberg: Poet, Patron and Participant in New York Avant-Garde 1915–20." Bulletin of the Philadelphia Museum of Art 26, no. 328 (1980), pp. 100–01, fig. 14.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 302, 305–06, fig. 154.
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. 893, ill. vol. 2 and p. 46, ill. col. vol. 1, as Bouquet de fleurs.
Feilchenfeldt 2005b
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Sammler. Von Zola bis Annenberg." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 184, ill.
Cézanne 2013
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 312, ill.
Record last updated February 20, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bouquet de fleurs, 1900–03 (FWN 881)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=867 (accessed on April 19, 2024).