Gallery Label Cézanne once proclaimed, "With an apple I want to astonish Paris," and he succeeded, even in his most deceptively simple still lifes, to dazzle and delight. Turning to the Provençal apples and Beurré Diel pears, grown locally not far from the family's estate near Aix, he dispensed with traditional one-point perspective and examined the fruit, plates, and table from various viewpoints-straight on, above, and sideways.
Provenance [Ambroise Vollard, Paris, ca. 1899–1900, stock book A, no. 3361; bought from the artist for Fr 150; sold April 14, 1900, for Fr 2,000 to Emil Heilbuth, Berlin, for Cassirer]; [Bruno and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1900–1901]; [Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1901–2]; his ex-wife, Lucie Ceconi, Berlin (1902–12; sold March 22 to Bernheim-Jeune); private collection of Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1912–at least 1926; cat., 1919, vol. 1, pl. 29, as "Les Grosses Pommes"); [Galerie E. Bignou, Paris]; [Reid & Lefevre, London, until 1929]; [Knoedler, New York, 1929; sold December 26 to Clark]; Stephen C. Clark, New York (1929–d. 1960)
Exhibition History Berlin. Bruno and Paul Cassirer. "Group exhibition," November 2–December 1, 1900, no. 12 (as "Apfel auf einem Tisch" per Jayne Warman, who confirmed in Sept. 2006 that 61.101.3 is the painting exhibited) [cf. refs. Adriani 1993 and Rewald 1996].
Paris. Bernheim-Jeune. "Exposition Cézanne," December 1–18, 1920, no. 17 (as "Nature morte," lent by MM. Bernheim–Jeune).
Paris. Bernheim-Jeune. "Exposition d'oeuvres des XIXe et XXe siècles," June–July 1925, no. 14 (as "Pommes et poires").
Paris. Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées. "Trente ans d'art indépendant: 1884–1914," February 20–March 21, 1926, no. 2875 (lent from a private collection).
Paris. Bernheim-Jeune. "Rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)," June 1–30, 1926, no. 47 (probably this work, per Jayne Warman, September 2006).
Lucerne. location unknown. "Peintures des écoles impressionniste et néo-impressionniste," February 1929, no. 1 [no exh. cat. located in RLIN per Jayne Warman 9/06; see exh. cat. London 1929].
Glasgow. Lefevre Gallery. "Ten Masterpieces by Nineteenth Century French Painters," April 1929, no. 1 [see Ref. Sterling and Salinger 1967].
London. Lefevre Fine Art Ltd. "Masterpieces by Nineteenth Century French Painters," June 1929, no. 1.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture," June 15–September 28, 1930, no. 22 (lent by Stephen C. Clark, New York).
New York. Marie Harriman Gallery. "Chardin and the Modern Still Life," November 1936, no. 13 (lent by Stephen C. Clark, New York).
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Summer Exhibitions: Painting & Sculpture from the Museum Collection and on Loan," June 23–November 4, 1937, no catalogue [see Clark estate memo].
New York. Marie Harriman Gallery. "Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, 1839–1939," November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 11 (lent anonymously).
New York. Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies. "Jardin d'été," May 3–31, 1944, unnum. checklist (lent by Stephen C. Clark).
New York. Century Association. "Paintings from the Stephen C. Clark Collection," June 6–September 28, 1946, unnum. checklist.
New York. M. Knoedler & Co.. "A Collectors Taste: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Clark," January 12–30, 1954, no. 9.
New Haven. Yale University Art Gallery. "Pictures Collected by Yale Alumni," May 8–June 18, 1956, no. 109 (lent by Stephen C. Clark).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition," July 1–September 1, 1958, no. 15 (lent by Stephen C. Clark).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition," July 7–September 7, 1959, no. 12.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition," July 6–September 4, 1960, no. 12 (lent by Stephen C. Clark).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition," December 12, 1974–February 10, 1975, not in catalogue.
Amsterdam. Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh. "Franse meesters uit het Metropolitan Museum of Art: Realisten en Impressionisten," March 15–May 31, 1987, no. 24.
Williamstown. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. "The Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings," June 4–September 4, 2006, no. 51.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920," February 4–May 6, 2007, no. 74.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings," May 22–August 19, 2007, no. 51.
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