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 1900
Fleurs et fruits
1865–70
Alternate titles: Aquarelle; Fleurs; Still Life: Flowers and Fruit
Rewald (W8); Venturi revised: circa 1873; Venturi (808): 1865–70
Watercolor and gouache on cardboard
7 1/16 x 5 1/2 in. (18 x 14 cm)
6 1/4 x 5 1/16 in. (15.9 x 12.9 cm) (Armstrong)
Signed: P. Cezanne at left
Provenance
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (private collection)l
Exhibition History
6, rue Le Peletier, Paris, Troisième exposition de peinture, opening April 4, 1877, no. 32, as Aquarelle; Fleurs.
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 2, ill.
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolor, October 12, 2004–January 2, 2005, pl. 20, as Still Life: Flowers and Fruit, lent by Private collection, California.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 808, ill. vol. II, as Fleurs et fruits.
Rewald, John. "Chocquet et Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, periode 6 (July–August 1969), p. 85, no. 109.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 8, ill.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 30, fig. 21.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 65, fig. 34, as Private collection.
Record last updated August 21, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Fleurs et fruits, 1865–70 (FWN 1900)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=976 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
