Pot of Flowers and Fruit

Copyright

Work in the public domain
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Maker


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)

Object Number

P.1948.SC.56

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display
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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
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The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
The Courtauld Cézannes, 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, 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
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Literature

The Courtauld Cézannes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2008
cat. no. 5
Cézanne in Britain, National Gallery, London, 2006-07
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
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Classic Cezanne, Sydney, Australia, 1998-99
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