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FWN 808
Nature morte à la commode
1887–88
Alternate titles: La commode; Nature morte; Stilleben; Stilleben mit Ingwertopf und Aepfeln in seiner Schale; Stilleven met gemberpot en schaal met appelen
Rewald (634): 1887–88; Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (497): 1883–87
Oil on canvas
25 13/16 x 31 7/8 in. (65.5 x 81 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3758, huile; nature morte. sur une table une nap[p], une assiette de fruits, un sucrier, un pot vert un pot autre, 65 x 81 cm (250 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 80, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1885
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA (Bequest of Maurice Wertheim) (1951.46)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Moderne Galerie [Heinrich Thannhauser], Munich
Samuel Fischer, Berlin;
Gottfried Beermann-Fischer, Vienna
[Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam]
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York (1936)
Maurice Wertheim, New York (Oct. 31, 1944)
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA (1951)
Exhibition History
1921 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 33, as Stilleben, lent by Sami Fischer.
1933–34a Rotterdam
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Schilderijen van Delacroix tot Cézanne en Vincent van Gogh, December 20, 1933–January 21, 1934, no. 2, pl. XXXV, as Stilleven met gemberpot en schaal met appelen (erroneously mentioned as cat. no. 32 in the 1921 Berlin exhibition).
1934 Bern
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, Französische Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts und van Gogh, February 18–April 2, 1934, no. 7, as Stilleben mit Ingwertopf und Aepfeln in seiner Schale.
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. 8, ill., as Nature morte à la commode, 1883, lent by R.P.A.
1939b London
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 6, (dated 1883), lent by R.P.A.
1942d New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne (1839-1906) for the Benefit of Fighting France, November 19–December 19, 1942, no. 10, ill. lent by anon.
1946 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, French Painting since 1870: Lent from Maurice Wertheim, July 1, 1946–September 7, 146, no number, ill., pp. 22–23.
1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 25, ill. lent by Wertheim.
1948b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Six Masters of Post-Impressionism, April 8–May 8, 1948, no. 5, as Nature morte à la commode, lent by Wertheim.
1949 Quebec City
Musée de la Province de Québec, Quebec City, La Peinture française depuis 1870: Collection Maurice Wertheim, July 12–August 7, 1949, no. 11, pp. 30–32.
1950b New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, A Collector's Exhibition: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Collections of Members of the Advisory Committee of the Institute of Fine Arts, February 6–25, 1950, no. 10.
1960 Raleigh
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, Modern French Art: Monet to Picasso, June 17–September 4, 1960, no number, ill., p. 6.
1962 Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Maurice Wertheim Collection: Manet to Picasso, June 13–September 2, 1962, no number, pp. 12–13, pl. 1.
1972 Augusta
Maine State Museum, Augusta, Maine, The Maurice Wertheim Collection, 1972, no. 2.
1972 Tokyo
Japan Art Center, Tokyo, The Great Masters of Modern Painting, 1972, no number, p. 117, pl. 29.
1982 Cologne
Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, Cologne, Kubismus, May 26–July 25, 1982, no number, pp. 15–17, 23.
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1907
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Paul Cézanne." In Impressionisten: Guys, Manet, van Gogh, Pissarro, Cézanne. Munich and Leipzig: R. Piper & Co., 1907, ill. p. 205, as Stilleben, c. 1889.
Meier-Graefe 1910
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 81.
Meier-Graefe 1913
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 77.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 48.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 171.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 207.
Bernard 1925
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 149.
Bernard 1926a
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 102.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LXXII.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 497, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte à la commode.
Bagarry 1939
Bagarry, Adrien-Pierre. "Le centenaire de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 22, no. 1 (March 1939), colour plate following p. 8, as Nature morte à la commode, 1883, Private collection.
Adlow 1946
Adlow, Dorothy. "A Painting by Paul Cézanne." Christian Science Monitor (July 16, 1946), p. 6, ill. (with no. 635).
Frankfurter 1946
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Today's Collectors: Modern Milestones." Art News 45, no. 4 (June 1946), p. 29, ill.
Rewald 1946
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 411, ill.
Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 89.
Coolidge 1951
Coolidge, John. "The Wertheim Collection." Harvard Alumni Bulletin (July 7, 1951), p. 757, ill. (with FWN 807).
Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 60–61, ill.
Sérullaz 1959
Sérullaz, Maurice. Les Peintres Impressionnistes. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1959, p. 125, ill., as La commode, dated 1883–87.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 15 (with comments).
Fischer 1981
Fischer, Brigitte Bermann. Sie schrieben mir. Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch, 1981, pp. 47–48.
Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, pp. 78–79.
Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 58, ill.
Mortimer 1985
Mortimer, Kristin A. Harvard University Art Museums, A Guide to the Collections. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985, p. 196, no. 224, ill.
O'Brian 1988
O'Brian, John. Degas to Matisse, The Maurice Wertheim Collection. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988, pp. 84–86, no. 17, ill.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 109, fig. 91.
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. 634, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte à la commode.
Feilchenfeldt 2005a
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte Cézannes in Deutschland." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 152, ill.
Bandera 2013
Bandera, Maria Cristina. "Cézanne, Morandi e Carrà." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 107, fig. 3.
Smith 2013
Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's 'Primitive' Perspective, or the 'View from Everywhere.'" The Art Bulletin 95, no. 1 (March 2013), fig. 13.
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. 177 p. 185.

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Record last updated November 21, 2023. 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 commode, 1887–88 (FWN 808)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=936 (accessed on April 24, 2024).