Interpretation
This vibrant still life was exhibited in Cézanne’s first solo exhibition, held in November 1895 at Ambroise Vollard’s gallery in Paris,
where it attracted the interest of the painters Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. No doubt enticed by the work’s intense
color and sensuality, the two artists entered a bidding match from which Degas emerged the victor—after lots were drawn to resolve the matter.
where it attracted the interest of the painters Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. No doubt enticed by the work’s intense
color and sensuality, the two artists entered a bidding match from which Degas emerged the victor—after lots were drawn to resolve the matter.
Information
- Title
- Three Pears (Trois poires)
- Object Number
- L.1988.62.32
- Maker
- Paul Cézanne
- Medium
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite
- Dates
- ca. 1888–90
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 31 cm. (9 1/2 x 12 3/16 in.)
- Catalog Raisonné
- Rewald (1983) 298 Venturi (1936) 1136
- Credit Line
- The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation on loan since 1976 to the Princeton University Art Museum
- Lionello Venturi, Cézanne: son art, son oeuvre, (Paris: Rosenberg éditeur, 1936)., No. 1136 (illus.)
- Alfred Neumeyer, Cézanne Drawings (New York, 1958), Pl. 54, 51 (illus.)
- A loan exhibition of paintings, watercolors and sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman:for the benefit of Greenwich House, (New York: M. Knoedler & Co., 1959)., Cat. 24 (illus.)
- Theodore Reff, Cézanne Watercolors: An Exhibition, (New York: M. Knoedler & Co., 1963)., Pl. XXXII, Cat. 34, 40 (illus.)
- The Henry Pearlman Collection, (New York: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1964)., No. 6
- Watercolors by Paul Cézanne from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman (Utica, NY: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1965), [Pl. 1] (illus.)
- Cézanne and his contemporaries: The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman Collection, (Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Art, 1967)., Cat. 10 (illus.)
- Impressionism, Post-impressionism, Expressionism: The Mr. & Mrs. Henry Pearlman Collection of Works by Cézanne, Van Gogh, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Manet, Modigliani, Soutine, and Others (Hartford, CT: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1970)., Cat. 12
- Linda Ferber and Leonore Sundberg, An exhibition of paintings, watercolors, sculpture and drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman and Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, (New York: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1974)., Cat. 32 (illus.)
- Colta Ives et al., The Private Collection of Edgar Degas: A Summary Catalogue, (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997)., No. 115, 17 (illus.)
- Rachael Z. DeLue et al., Cézanne and the Modern: masterworks of European art from the Pearlman Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014)., Cat. 7, fig. 96
- Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection (September 19, 2015–January 03, 2016)
- Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors (October 12, 2004 – January 2, 2005)
- Cézanne in Focus: Watercolors from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection (Saturday, October 19, 2002 - Sunday, January 12, 2003)
- The Private Collection of Edgar Degas (September 22, 1977–January 11, 1998)
- Cézanne: The Collections of the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation and Mrs. Rose Pearlman (February 01 - April 05, 1992)
- Art of Cézanne from the Henry & Rose Pearlman Foundation (May 02–July 14, 1986)
- Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation and the Collection of Mrs. Rose Pearlman (Saturday, September 22, 1984 - Sunday, November 04, 1984)
- Paul Cézanne: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman (June 26–August 29, 1982)
- Cézanne Watercolors from the Pearlman Collection (Tuesday, April 21, 1981 - Wednesday, June 24, 1981)
- Cézanne Watercolors and Drawings in the Pearlman Collection (February 05 - April 17, 1980)
- Cézanne Watercolors and Prints (September 25 - October 16, 1977)
- An Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, Sculpture and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman and the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation (Wednesday, May 22, 1974 - Sunday, September 29, 1974)
- Sixteen Watercolors by Cézanne from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rose Pearlman (October 16 - November 16, 1973)
- Cézanne Watercolors from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman (April 14 - September 30, 1972)
- Summer Loan 1971: Paintings from New York Collections: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman and the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation (July 13 - September 7, 1971)
- Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Philips Collection (June 1 - July 3, 1971)
- Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism: The Mr. & Mrs. Henry Pearlman Collection of Works by Cézanne, Van Gogh, Degas, Tolouse-Lautrec, Manet, Modigliani, Soutine, and Others (Wednesday, June 10, 1970 - Sunday, October 4, 1970)
- New York Collects, 1968 (July 3 - September 2, 1968)
- Cézanne Watercolors (Pasadena) (November 10 - December 10, 1967)
- Cézanne and His Contemporaries: The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman Collection (Wednesday, June 14, 1967 - Sunday, October 1, 1967)
- Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman (Sunday, June 20, 1965 - Sunday, October 17, 1965)
- The Henry Pearlman Collection (Friday, May 22, 1964 - Thursday, October 15, 1964)
- Cézanne and Structure in Modern Painting (June 6 - September 1, 1963)
- Cézanne Watercolors: An Exhibition at M. Knoedler and Company (Tuesday, April 02, 1963 - Saturday, April 20, 1963)
- Drawings, Watercolors, and Oils by Paul Cézanne Lent by an Anonymous Collector (July 1–September 1, 1959)
- A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman for the Benefit of Greenwich House (January 27 - February 21, 1959)
- Anonymous Collection (July 1–September 1, 1958)
- Cézanne Watercolors (January 30 - February 18, 1956)
- Paul Cézanne (London 1937) (June 1937)
- Cézanne (Musée de l'Orangerie) (1936)
- Paul Cézanne 1895 (November - December 1895)
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