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Catalogue entry

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)
Vollard archives: photo no. [434]
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Lillie P. Bliss Collection)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Mar. 31, 1913)
(Prince de Wagram (Alexandre Berthier), Paris?)
Galerie Barbazanges, Paris
Marius de Zayas, New York
Lillie P. Bliss, New York (1934);
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition History
1913b Berlin
Berlin, XXVI. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Spring 1913, no. 29, as Stilleben, lent by Cassirer.
1921c New York
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].
1926 Brooklyn
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.
1931–32 New York and traveling
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.
1934c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 11.
1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 39, (dated c. 1896), as Oranges, lent by Museum of Modern Art.
1935 Pittsburgh
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 14, as Oranges.
1935 Northampton
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, French Paintings from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, April 23–May 19, 1935, no. 8, as Oranges.
1936e New York
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.
1936–37 Columbus
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Five Major Paintings by Paul Cézanne, December 16, 1936–January 15, 1937.
1937 San Francisco
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.
1940 San Francisco
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.
1954 Rotterdam
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Vier Eeuwen Stilleven in Frankrijk, July 10–September 20, 1954, no. 11.
1955 San Francisco
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Art in the Twentieth Century, June 17–July 10, 1955.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 42, ill.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 74, pl. 35.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 56, ill. lent by Museum of Modern Art.
1956–57 Cologne
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.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 48, ill. lent by Museum of Modern Art.
1963 Hamburg
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.
1982 Liège and traveling
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).
1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 29, ill.
1983 Basel
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.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
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 1913c
Waldmann, Emil. "Berliner Sezession." Kunst und Künstler 11, no. 10 (1913), ill. p. 509.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 221, listed (?)
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 77, as Stilleben (Photo: Thannhauser).
Sweeney 1931
Sweeney, James Johnson. "The Bliss Collection." Creative Art 8 (May 1931), p. 357.
Klein 1934
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 11.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 738, ill. vol. II, as Vase paillé et sucrier.
Barr 1942
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 1977
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 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 165.
Rewald 1989
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 and Bonafoux 1993
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 61, ill.
Henkels 1993
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 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. 933, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte, pot de gingembre, sucrier et oranges.
Lanchner 2011
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.
Société Paul Cezanne 2019
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, Ireson and Patry 2021
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 2023
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 23, 2024).