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Catalogue entry

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
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (Bequest of Gwendoline Davies)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Jos. Hessel, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (March 26, 1918)
Gwendoline E. Davies, Newton, UK (March 1920) (on deposit at the National Library of Wales from 1947–51);
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (1952)
Exhibition History
1922 London
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.
1925b London
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 8, as Oranges et Tapis à fleurs, lent by Miss Davies.
1939a Paris
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.
1939b London
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 21, (dated 1900), lent by Davies.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
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.
1954 Oslo
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.
1955 Rome and traveling
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.
1956 London
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.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 41.
1961 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 18.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
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.
1977–78 New York and traveling
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).
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 32, ill.
1979a Paris
Musée Marmottan, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre impressionnistes du Musée National du Pays de Galle, May–June 1979, no. 22, ill.
1979–179 London
Wildenstein, London, Paintings from the Davies Collection, March 1–30, 1979, no. 32, ill., as Nature morte à la théière.
2006–07 London
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.
2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 105, ill.
Published References
Burlington 1921a
"Editorial: Cézanne and the Nation." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 38, no. 218 (May 1921), p. 209, ill. p. [214], as Still-life.
Courthion 1932
Courthion, Pierre. "Les peintres et la table." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 166 (November 1, 1932), ill. p. 528.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. LXXXIX p. 122.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 734, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte à la théière.
Jaloux 1939
Jaloux, Edmond. "Cézanne." Marianne: grand hebdomadaire politique et littéraire illustré (Paris) (February 22, 1939), ill. p. 13, as Nature morte à la théière.
Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, fig. 25.
Maison 1952
Maison, Karl Eric. "French Paintings in the Gwendoline E. Davies Bequest." Apollo 6 (July 1952), fig. XII.
Sylvester 1962
Sylvester, David. "'Still Life with Teapot,' by Cézanne." The Listener (London) (January 18, 1962), pp. 137–38, ill.
Ingamells 1965
Ingamells, John. "Cézanne in England, 1910–30." British Journal of Aesthetics 5, no. 4 (October 1965), pp. 344–45.
Ingamells 1967
Ingamells, John. The Davies Collection of French Art. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1967, ill. opp. p. 84.
Sutton 1974
Sutton, Denys. "The Paradoxes of Cézanne." Apollo (London) 100, no. 150 (August 1974), fig. 16 p. 106.
Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 62, 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. 934, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte à la théière.
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. 1, ill. in b/w.
Verdi 2007
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 2009
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 2010
Alsdorf, Bridget. "Interior Landscapes: Metaphor And Meaning In Cézanne's Late Still Lifes." Word & Image 26 (2010), p. 320, fig. 7.
Eiling 2017
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 21.
Dauberville 2020
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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Record last updated March 7, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
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 April 19, 2024).