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)
FWN 883
Nature morte, pot de gingembre, sucrier et oranges
1902–06
Alternate titles: Oranges; Still Life with Ginger Jar, Sugar Bowl, and Oranges; Still Life – Oranges and Ginger Jar; Stilleben; Vase mit Strohgeflecht und Zuckertopf; Vase paillé et sucrier
Rewald (933): 1902–06; Venturi revised: 1893–95; Venturi (738): 1895–1900; Rivière: 1896(?)
Oil on canvas
23 7/8 x 28 7/8 in. (60.6 x 73.3 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Berlin, XXVI. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Spring 1913, no. 29, as Stilleben, lent by Cassirer.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, May 3–September 15, 1921, no. 21, as Still Life – Oranges and Ginger Jar, lent by anon. [Bliss].
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926, lent by Miss Bliss.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 5, ill., as Oranges. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 11.
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 39, (dated c. 1896), as Oranges, lent by Museum of Modern Art.
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 14, as Oranges.
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, French Paintings from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, April 23–May 19, 1935, no. 8, as Oranges.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cubism and Abstract Art, March 2–April 19, 1936, no. 37, fig. 24, as Oranges, dated c. 1896.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Five Major Paintings by Paul Cézanne, December 16, 1936–January 15, 1937.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 32, ill. lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Palace of Fine Arts, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Golden Gate International Exposition, May 25–September 29, 1940, no. 241, ill., as Oranges, c. 1896, lent by The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Vier Eeuwen Stilleven in Frankrijk, July 10–September 20, 1954, no. 11.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Art in the Twentieth Century, June 17–July 10, 1955.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 42, ill.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 56, ill. lent by Museum of Modern Art.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 28, ill. lent by Museum of Modern Art.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 48, ill. lent by Museum of Modern Art.
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 11, pl. 56, as Vase mit Strohgeflecht und Zuckertopf, 1895-1900, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 29, ill. 1902-06. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 29, ill.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 28, ill., as Nature morte, pot de gingembre, sucrier et oranges, lent by Museum of Modern Art.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 74, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Waldmann, Emil. "Berliner Sezession." Kunst und Künstler 11, no. 10 (1913), ill. p. 509.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 221, listed (?)
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 77, as Stilleben (Photo: Thannhauser).
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 11.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 738, ill. vol. II, as Vase paillé et sucrier.
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 30, no. 98, as Oranges.
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929–1967. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, p. 531, ill. p. 15.
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 165.
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 327, fig. 172.
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 61, ill.
Henkels, Herbert. "Cézanne en Van Gogh in het Rijksmuseum voor Moderne Kunst in Amsterdam: De collectie van Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866–1911)." Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 41, nos. 3–4 (1993), fig. 60.
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. 933, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte, pot de gingembre, sucrier et oranges.
Lanchner, Carolyn. 10 Works by Paul Cézanne in the Museum of Modern Art Collection. MoMA Artists Series. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2011, pp. 33–37, ill.
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. 189 p. 195.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 230, fig. 3, as Still Life with Ginger Jar, Sugar Bowl, and Oranges.
Smith, Paul. "Looking slowly with Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine 165 (April 2023), fig. 24, with photo of the ginger jar by the author, fig. 21.
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. "Nature morte, pot de gingembre, sucrier et oranges, 1902–06 (FWN 883)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=906 (accessed on April 27, 2024).
