
The Basket of Apples
Paul Cezanne · c. 1893
Provenance
Ownership history
- Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939), Paris by Nov. 1895 [this and the following information according to New York 2006-7]; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris [Bernheim-Jeune archive; 5538?]. Paul Cassirer, Berlin, June 1, 1904 [Paul Cassirer archive 5775 (5538)]; Max Linde, Lübeck, Germany, June 1, 1904. Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by July 1907; sent to Paul Cassirer, Berlin, July 1907; returned to Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Nov. 1908. Jos Hessel (1859–1942), Paris, by 1913 until at least 1920 [based on inscription on reverse; see also New York Times 1913, Borgmeyer 1913, Paris 1920]. Paul Rosenberg, Paris, by 1922 [see Paris 1922]; sold through Joseph Stransky of French Galleries, New York to Frederick Clay Bartlett (1873–1593), Chicago , by 1925; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1926.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, Galerie Vollard, Cézanne, Nov–Dec. 1895, no cat.
- Berlin, Paul Cassirer, Sonderausstellung Paul Cézanne, Apr. 22–June 15, 1904, no cat. , as Korb mit Äpfeln.
- Berlin, Paul Cassirer, XI. Jahrgang, Winter 1908/1909, II. Ausstellung, Oct. 15–Nov. 10, 1908, cat. 17, as Apfel, Flasche und Kuchen.
- Paris, Manzi, Joyant & Cie, Exposition d’art moderne, June 6–July 6, 1912, cat. 3, as Pommes.
- Paris, Paul Rosenberg, Art français du XIXe siècle au profit de l’Association Générale des mutilés de la guerre, June 25–July 13, 1917, cat. 5, as Corbeille de pommes.
- Paris, Galerie Paul Rosenberg, L’art français au XIXe siècle, 1919, no cat.
- Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Cézanne, Dec. 1–18, 1920, cat. 28, as Les Pommes.
- Paris, Paul Rosenberg, Exposition d’oeuvres de grands maîtres du siècle dix-neuvième siècle, May 3–June 3, 1922, cat. 9, as Le panier de pommes, 1885.
- Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition Paul Cézanne (au profit de la caisse du monument Cézanne), Mar. 3–24, 1924, no cat.
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, Modern French Paintings from the Birch-Bartlett Collection, Apr. 1925, no cat..
- Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, French Painting of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Mar. 6–Apr. 6, 1929, cat. 6 (ill.), as La Corbeille de pommes.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 305.
Literature
Published references
- Emile Bernard, “Erinnerungen an Paul Cezanne,” Kunst und Künstler 6 (1908), p. 521 (ill.).
- Julius Meier-Greafe, Paul Cézanne (Munich, 1910), p. 79 (ill.).
- C. L. Hind, The Post-Impressionists (London, 1911), p. 74.
- Frederick Lawton, “Paul Cézanne,” Art Journal (1911), p. 57 (ill.).
- Werner Weisbach, Impressionismus: Ein Problem der Malerei in der Antike und Neuzeit vol. 2 (Berlin, 1911), p. 162.
- Arsène Alexandre, “Exposition d’art moderne,” Les Arts (August 1912), p. 7, no. 6.
- “A Private Collection in Germany That Contains Fourteen Examples of the Art of Paul Cezanne, a Great Modern, Who Already Is Placed with the Old Masters,” New York Times (July 6, 1913), p. 15 (ill.).
- Charles Borgmeyer, The Master Impressionists (Chicago, 1913), p. 230 (ill.).
- Julius Meier-Graefe, Paul Cézanne (Munich, 1913), p. 76.
- Ambroise Vollard, Cézanne (Paris, 1914), p. 102, pl. 33.
- Stuart, “Cézanne and His Place in Impressionism,” The Fine Arts Journal 35, 5 (May 1917), p. 335 (ill.).
- C. Coquiot, Paul Cézanne (1919), p. 246.
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