The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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FWN 719
Bouquet au petit vase de Delft
1873
Alternate titles: Bouquet au petit Delft; Bouquet dans un vase de Delft; Bouquet dit "au petit delft"; Bouquet in a Small Delft Vase; Nature morte; Vase de fleurs
Rewald (227): 1873; Venturi revised: c.1873; Venturi (183): 1873–75; Cooper: 1872–74; Ratcliffe: August 1873
Oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (41 x 27 cm)
Signed lower left: P. Cezanne
Provenance
Exhibition History
Orangerie, Paris, Monticelli et le baroque provençal, June 19–September 15, 1953, no. 16, as Bouquet dit "au petit delft", c. 1873-1875, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 26, lent by Musée du Louvre.
Orangerie, Paris, Van Gogh et les peintres d'Auvers-sur-Oise, November 26, 1954–February 28, 1955, no. 7, as Bouquet au petit Delft, 1873.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 9, lent by Louvre.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 16, ill. in b/w, as Bouquet au petit Delft.
Grand Palais, Paris, Un ami de Cézanne et de Van Gogh: le docteur Gachet, January 28–April 26, 1999, no. 8 (P.G. II-15), ill., pp. 56–57 (with two copies by Louis van Ryssel (Gachet fils)), as Bouquet in a Small Delft Vase, 1873? lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet, May 25–August 15, 1999; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, September 24–December 5, 1999.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 31, ill., p. 119, as Bouquet au petit vase de Delft. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 183. ill. vol. II, as Vase de fleurs.
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 54, as Nature morte.
Florisoone, Michel. "Van Gogh et les peintres d'Auvers chez le Dr. Gachet." L'Amour de l'art 31, nos. 64-66 (November, 1952), p. 25, ill. (with photograph of vase) and color pl. III.
Rewald, John. "Gachet's Unknown Gems Emerge." Art News 51, no. 1 (March 1952), p. 66, ill.
Gachet, Paul. Auvers 1873-1890, Souvenirs de Cézanne et de Van Gogh à Auvers: arrangement et notes de Paul Gachet 1928. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, Éditions d'études et de documents, [1953], ill., as Bouquet dans un vase de Delft.
Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, p. 18, no. 34.
Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, pp. 140-141, ill. 1873.
Elles, Iris. Das Stilleben in der französischen Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. Zurich: Origo Verl, 1958, p. 101.
Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 251.
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 140, ill. p. 18, as Bouquet au petit Delft, c. 1873-75.
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 114, ill., as Bouquet au petit Delft, c. 1873.
Pickvance, Ronald. Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy and Auvers. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 198, ill.
Arnold, Matthias. "Cézanne und van Gogh: Die beiden grossen Postimpressionisten: Ein Vergleich, II." Weltkunst 56, no. 2 (January 15, 1986), pp. 128–29, fig. 29.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 141, ill. in color.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 58, ill. in color.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 63, ill.
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 19.
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. 227, ill. vol. 2, as Bouquet au petit vase de Delft.
Stein, Susan, with the assistance of Julie Steiner. "Summary Catalogue of Works by Major Artists (Volume II, Cézanne [catalogue raisonné by Paul Gachet fils)." Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 203-204, P.G. II-15, ill., (no. 8 of cat.), as Bouquet in a Small Delft Vase, 1873?
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "The Path to Les Lauves: A History of Cézanne's Studios." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 12, ill. in color.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Doktor Gachet: Ein Freund von Cézanne und Van Gogh? Ein Beitrag zu Echtheitsfragen bei Cézanne." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 258, ill.
Mothe, Alain, et al. Cézanne à Auvers-sur-Oise. Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône: editions du Valharmeil, 2006, p. 75, ill. with photo of petite Delft vase, p. 74.
Notes
In a letter to his brother dated 20 May 1890, Vincent van Gogh recalled seeing "deux beaux bouquets de Cézanne" at Dr. Gachet's, this work and no. 721. (See http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let873/letter.html).
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bouquet au petit vase de Delft, 1873 (FWN 719)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=231 (accessed on November 21, 2024).
