Interpretation
At once ephemeral and monumental, this luminous still life is believed to be one of the final three watercolors made by Cézanne. In comparison with the earlier Three Pears (about 1888–90), in which the boldly outlined fruits project their physicality, the transparent and opaque forms in this work dissolve into a web of vibrating lines and overlapping color patches.
Information
- Title
- Still Life with Carafe, Bottle, and Fruit (Nature morte avec carafe, bouteille, et fruits)
- Object Number
- L.1988.62.47
- Maker
- Paul Cézanne
- Medium
- Watercolor and soft graphite
- Dates
- 1906
- Dimensions
- 48 x 62.5 cm. (18 7/8 x 24 5/8 in.) framed: 75.3 x 90 x 3.8 cm (29 5/8 x 35 7/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
- Catalog Raisonné
- Rewald (1983) 642 Venturi (1936) 1154
- Credit Line
- The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation on loan since 1976 to the Princeton University Art Museum
- Culture
- French
- Materials
- Lionello Venturi, Cézanne: son art, son oeuvre, (Paris: Rosenberg éditeur, 1936)., No. 1154 (illus.)
- 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. 47 (color 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. 24, fig. 111
- Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection (September 19, 2015–January 03, 2016)
- Cézanne and American Modernism (September 12, 2009 – January 3, 2010)
- 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)
- Paul Cézanne Watercolors (Oct 18 - Nov 24 1999)
- Cézanne (September 26, 1995 - April 28, 1996)
- Cézanne: The Collections of the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation and Mrs. Rose Pearlman (February 01 - April 05, 1992)
- European Drawings from Neo-Classicism to Impressionism (Tuesday, December 04, 1990 - Sunday, January 06, 1991)
- 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: The Late Work (October 7, 1977- July 23, 1978)
- 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)
- Cézanne Watercolors, Renoir Drawings (January 04–30, 1937)
- Cézanne (Musée de l'Orangerie) (1936)
- Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne (June 3 - 17, 1935)
- Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Paul Cézanne (October 01 - 22, 1907)
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