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 884
Nature morte à la théière
1902–06
Alternate titles: Nature morte; Oranges et Tapis à fleurs; Still Life with a Teapot; Still Life with Teapot; Still life; fruit with a rug and a teapot; Still-life
Rewald (934): 1902–06; Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (734): 1900–1905; Cooper: 1897–98; Gowing: c.1899 (Edinburgh); Ratcliffe: possibly 1898–99
Oil on canvas
23 x 28 1/5 in. (58.4 x 72.4 cm)
24 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (61.6 x 74.3 cm) (Davies cat., 2009)
Vollard archives: photo no. 277, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1896
Provenance
Exhibition History
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, Pictures, Drawings, and Sculptures of the French School of the Last 100 Years, Spring 1922, no. 33, as Still life; fruit with a rug and a teapot, lent by G. Davies.
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 8, as Oranges et Tapis à fleurs, lent by Miss Davies.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 31, ill., as Nature morte à la théière, 1900, lent by Miss Davies.
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 21, (dated 1900), lent by Davies.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 58, pl. XV, as Nature morte à la théière, c. 1899, lent by the National Gallery of Wales. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway, Paul Cezanne: 28 malerier, November 13–December 1, 1954, no. 25, ill., as Nature morte à la théière, c. 1899, lent by the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Mostra di capolavori della pittura francese dell'ottocento, February–March 1955, hors catalogue. Traveled to: Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, April–May 1955.
Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, Loan exhibition: Some pictures from the National Museum of Wales exhibited in aid of the Friends of the National Museum of Wales, January 3–February 4, 1956, no. 40.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 41.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 18.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 57. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
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. 32, pl. 166. 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).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 32, ill.
Musée Marmottan, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre impressionnistes du Musée National du Pays de Galle, May–June 1979, no. 22, ill.
Wildenstein, London, Paintings from the Davies Collection, March 1–30, 1979, no. 32, ill., as Nature morte à la théière.
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 39, ill., as Still Life with Teapot, size: 614 x 743 cm.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 105, ill.
Published References
"Editorial: Cézanne and the Nation." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 38, no. 218 (May 1921), p. 209, ill. p. [214], as Still-life.
Courthion, Pierre. "Les peintres et la table." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 166 (November 1, 1932), ill. p. 528.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 734, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte à la théière.
Jaloux, Edmond. "Cézanne." Marianne: grand hebdomadaire politique et littéraire illustré (Paris) (February 22, 1939), ill. p. 13, as Nature morte à la théière.
Maison, Karl Eric. "French Paintings in the Gwendoline E. Davies Bequest." Apollo 6 (July 1952), fig. XII.
Sylvester, David. "'Still Life with Teapot,' by Cézanne." The Listener (London) (January 18, 1962), pp. 137–38, ill.
Ingamells, John. "Cézanne in England, 1910–30." British Journal of Aesthetics 5, no. 4 (October 1965), pp. 344–45.
Ingamells, John. The Davies Collection of French Art. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1967, ill. opp. p. 84.
Sutton, Denys. "The Paradoxes of Cézanne." Apollo (London) 100, no. 150 (August 1974), fig. 16 p. 106.
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. 934, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte à la théière.
Coutagne, Denis. "The Major Works in the Lauves Studio." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 1, ill. in b/w.
Verdi, Richard. "Cézanne in Britain, London." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1246 (January 2007), p. 54, fig. 63 p. 53, as Still Life with a Teapot.
Fairclough, Oliver. "'The Great Joy of Collecting': Modern French Art in the Davies Collection." In Turner to Cézanne. New York: American Federation of Arts, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 21, fig. 16.
Alsdorf, Bridget. "Interior Landscapes: Metaphor And Meaning In Cézanne's Late Still Lifes." Word & Image 26 (2010), p. 320, fig. 7.
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 21.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 16, ill., as Nature morte.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte à la théière, 1902–06 (FWN 884)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=907 (accessed on November 12, 2024).