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Catalogue entry

FWN 886
Nature morte au vase pique-fleurs
c.1905
Alternate titles: Nature morte avec pommes et pêches; Still Life; Still Life with Apples and Peaches; Still Life – Peaches; Stillleben mit Äpfeln und Pfirsichen
Rewald (936): c.1905; Venturi revised: 1900–1905; Rivière: c.1902 (1923) and circa 1900 (1931)
Oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 39 9/16 in. (81 x 100.5 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 446, Annotated: circa 1899
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Gift of Eugene and Agnes Ernst Meyer)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
[Edward Steichen, New York]
Agnes and Eugene Meyer, Washington, D.C. (Feb. 29, 1912);
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1959)
Exhibition History
1916a New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Loan, 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 Still Life, 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. 17, as Still Life – Peaches, lent by Meyer.
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. 33, pl. 144. 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. 35, ill.
1998 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, Picasso, Braque: Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens, April 18–June 28, 1998, no. 1, ill. 1 p. 11 and book jacket, as Nature morte avec pommes et pêches.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 148, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2009–10 Montclair and traveling
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, Cézanne and American Modernism, September 13, 2009–January 3, 2010, no. 21, ill., p. 163, as Nature morte au vase pique-fleurs, shown in Montclair and Baltimore only. Traveled to: The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, February 14–May 23, 2010; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, June 26–September 26, 2010.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 75, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
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 on loan from Mr. Eugene Meyer, Jr.
Watson 1916
Watson, Forbes. "At the Galleries." Evening Post (New York), May 6, 1916, ill. p. 24, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum, NY.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1923
"List of Accessions and Loans, October 1923." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 18, no. 11 (November 1923), p. 263, listed.
Vollard 1923
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne: His Life and Art. Translated by Harold L. van Doren. New York: Nicholas Brown, 1923, ill. opp. p. 184.
Vollard 1931
Vollard, Ambroise. "Souvenirs sur Cézanne." Cahiers d'art 6, nos. 9–10 (1931), p. 393, ill.
Vollard 1937
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 13.
Gasch 1938
Gasch, Sebastià. "La tragedia de Cézanne." Meridià (Barcelona), February 18, 1938, ill. p. 4.
National Gallery of Art 1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1975, no. 1548, p. 61, ill., as Still Life with Apples and Peaches.
Gowing 1977
Gowing, Lawrence. "The Logic of Organized Sensations." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 64, ill.
Hyland 1980
Hyland, Douglas S.K. "Agnes Ernst Meyer: Patron of American Modernism." American Art Journal 12, no. 1 (Winter 1980), pp. 68, 71, fig. 5.
Kelder 1980
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York: Abbeville Press, 1980, p. 407, ill.
Bessonova and Williams 1986
Bessonova, Marina, and William Williams. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Hermitage, Leningrad, The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York: Park Lane, 1986, p. 180, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 252, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 249, ill.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 158, 161, 170, 306, fig. 82.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 195, fig. 174.
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. 936, ill. vol. 2 and p. 49, ill. col. vol. 1, as Nature morte au vase pique-fleurs.
Schmidt 1998
Schmidt, Katharina. "Cézannes letztes Stilleben." In Cézanne, Picasso, Braque: Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 15 (detail).
Reinhard-Felice et al. 2003
Reinhard-Felice, Mariantonia et al. Sammlung Oskar Reinhart 'Am Römerholz' Winterthur. Basel: Schwabe & Co., AG, 2003, p. 508, ill., as Stillleben mit Äpfeln und Pfirsichen.
Feilchenfeldt 2005e
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Gemälde: Formate und Themen, Echtheitsfragen." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 237, ill.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 387; vol. 2, p. 245, as Nature morte au vase pique-fleurs.
Golding 2009
Golding, John. "Cézanne, Braque and Pictorial Space." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009, p. 266, fig. 9.8, as Still Life with Apples and Peaches.
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. 226, fig. 1, as Still Life with Apples and Peaches.
Nagaï 2022a
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 31.
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 au vase pique-fleurs, c.1905 (FWN 886)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=909 (accessed on April 18, 2024).