Pot of Flowers and Fruit
Maker
(Artists)
1839-1906
1839-1906
Title
Pot of Flowers and Fruit
Date of Production
c. 1888-90
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 46 cm (canvas)
Width: 56.25 cm (canvas)
Width: 56.25 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1948.SC.56
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
The commonplace objects in this deceptively simple still life allow Paul Cézanne to set himself a compositional challenge. He contrasts the roundness of the fruits, which appear almost sculptural, with the flat leaves of the plant. He also rejects conventional perspective. The background, perhaps the reverse of a stretched canvas, closes off our view and creates further spatial ambiguity. We are compelled to read the image less as a still life and more as a lively play of shapes and colours.
Provenance
C Hoogendijk, Amsterdam; Paul Rosenberg, Paris; Marquis de Rochecouste, Paris; Galerie Barbazanges, Paris; Bignou, Paris; Reid and Lefèvre, London; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, January 1928; Courtauld Bequest, 1948
Exhibition History
Cezanne. Masterpieces from the Courtauld Gallery, KODE, Bergen, Norway, 16/07/2021-10/10/2021
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019 ...More
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
The Courtauld Cézannes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-05/10/2008
Cézanne in Britain, National Gallery, London, 04/10/2006-07/01/2007
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
Classic Cezanne, Sydney, Australia, 28/11/1998-28/02/1999
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019 ...More
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
The Courtauld Cézannes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-05/10/2008
Cézanne in Britain, National Gallery, London, 04/10/2006-07/01/2007
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
Classic Cezanne, Sydney, Australia, 28/11/1998-28/02/1999
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Literature
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