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 856
Nature morte aux aubergines
1893–94
Alternate titles: Nature morte; Still Life; Still Life with Ginger Jar and Eggplants; Still Life with Ginger Jar and Eggplants (Nature morte aux aubergines)
Rewald (769): 1893–94; Venturi revised: 1893–95; Venturi (597): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
28 11/16 x 36 3/16 in. (73 x 92 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3559, huile. sur une draperie bleue, une assiette de fruits, une bouteille, un pot vert, un pot ventru entouré d'osier etc. q.q. aubergines sont pendues au [?], 73 x 92 cm (400 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Durand-Ruel, New York, French Masterpieces of the Late XIX Century, March 20–April 10, 1928, no. 4, as Nature morte, lent by anon.
The Century Association, New York, Trends in European Painting, February 2–March 31, 1949, no number.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, A Collector's Taste: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Clark, January 12–30, 1954, no. 13, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Great French Paintings, January 20–February 20, 1955, no. 4.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections, May 31–September 7, 1955, no number, lent by Clark.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1958, no. 18, as Still Life, lent by Stephen C. Clark.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1959, no. 11, lent by Stephen C. Clark.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1960, no. 11, lent by Stephen C. Clark.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni, May 19–June 26, 1960, no. 78.
State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russian Federation, 100 Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum, May 22–July 27, 1975, no. 72, as Still Life with Ginger Jar and Eggplants. Traveled to: State Pushkin Museum, Moscow, August 28–November 2, 1975.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 59, ill.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Impressionist Still Life, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002, pp. 176, 179, pl. 83, as Still Life with Ginger Jar and Eggplants, lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17–June 9, 2002.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920, February 4–May 6, 2007, no. 75, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 63, ill. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
H.O. Havemeyer Collection: Catalogue of Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Object of Art. Portland, Me.: [privately published], 1931, p. 329.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 597, ill. vol. II, as Nature morte.
Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 140, ill. JW: ? (in notebooks).
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. "Paintings from Private Collections." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 22, no. 4 (Summer 1955), p. 11, ill.
Sterling, Charles, and Margaretta M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. III. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967, p. 111, ill.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 39, ill.
Baetjer, Katherine. European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, p. 26, ill. p. 617.
Moffett, Charles S. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985, pp. 196–97, ill.
Weitzenhoffer, Frances. The Havemeyers: Impressionism Comes to America. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 142, pl. 107.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 185, ill.
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 37, ill.
Wold, Gretchen. "Appendix." In Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, no. 78, ill.
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. 769, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte aux aubergines.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 126, fig. 3.26, as Nature morte aux aubergines.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Sammler. Von Zola bis Annenberg." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 174, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 293; vol. 2, p. 188, as Nature morte aux aubergines.
Alsdorf, Bridget. "Interior Landscapes: Metaphor And Meaning In Cézanne's Late Still Lifes." Word & Image 26 (2010), p. 319, fig. 6.
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 230, fig. 159.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 193, pl. 84.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "Cézanne in the Studio." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 221, fig. 16, as Still Life with Ginger Jar and Eggplants (Nature morte aux aubergines).
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 248, ill.
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. 185 p. 190.
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pl. 31.
Smith, Paul. "Looking slowly with Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine 165 (April 2023), fig. 12.
Record last updated July 5, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte aux aubergines, 1893–94 (FWN 856)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=746 (accessed on November 22, 2024).
