The Vase of Tulips

1. Victor Chocquet (1821–1891), Paris; by descent to his wife, Mme. Chocquet (née Marie Buisson; died 1899), Paris; sold, Chocquet Collection, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, July 4–5, 1899, lot 13, as Fleur et Fruits for 1,300 francs to Durand–Ruel; Galerie Durand–Ruel, Paris and New York [see annotated sale catalogue, the Art Institute of Chicago and Gazette de l’Hôtel Drouot, 4 July 1899; Durand–Ruel stock no. 8154: Cézanne, Fleurs et Fruits 1880, based on label on reverse and information on Registrar Archival Card]. Annie S. Coburn (Mrs. Lewis L. Coburn; 1856–1932), Chicago, May 19, 1924; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Berlin, Bruno and Paul Cassirer, [Group exhibition], 1900, no cat.
• London, Grafton Gallery, Pictures by Boudin, Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Jan. 16–Feb. 25, 1905, cat. 46, as Flowers and Fruit, 1880.
• Paris, Galerie Durand–Ruel, Exposition de natures mortes par Monet, Cézanne, Renoir, etc., Apr. 21–May 12, 1908, cat. 15, as Fleurs et fruits, 1880.
• Paris, Galerie Bernheim–Jeune, Cézanne, Dec. 1–18, 1920, cat. 9, as Fleurs et fruits.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of the Mrs. L. L. Coburn Collection: Modern Paintings and Watercolors, Apr. 6–Oct. 9, 1932, cat. 3, as Flowers and Fruit, c. 1885.
• Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 310, as Flowers and Fruit, c. 1885.
• Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–Nov. 1,1934, cat. 294, as Flowers and Fruit, c. 1885.
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cézanne, Nov. 10–Dec. 10, 1934, cat. 16, as Flowers and Fruit, c. 1885.
• Cleveland Museum of Art, The Flower in Art, Oct. 31–Dec. 1, 1935, no cat.
• Toledo Museum of Art, Cezanne–Gauguin, Nov. 1–Dec. 13, 1936, cat. 17, as Flowers and Fruit, c. 1885.
• New York, Durand–Ruel, Cézanne, Mar. 28–Apr. 19, 1938, cat. 12.
• San Francisco, De Young Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Seven Centuries of Painting: A Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters, Dec. 29, 1939–Jan. 28, 1940, cat. Y–105 (ill.), as Flowers and Fruit, c. 1885.

• “Revue des Ventes,” Gazette de l’Hôtel Drouot (July 4, 1899), as Fleurs et Fruits.
• Daniel Catton Rich, “The Bequest of Mrs. L. L. Coburn,” Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago 26 (1932), pp. 64 (ill), 70-71.
• Tristian-L. Klingsor, Cézanne (1924), pl. 20, as Tulips, illustrated only.
• Gerstle Mack, Paul Cézanne (New York, 1935), pl. 26, as Nature morte: Pot de fleurs, ca. 1885 (?), illustrated only.
• Lionello Venturi, Cézanne: son art, son oeuvre vols. 2 (Paris, 1936), no. 617 (ill.), as Vase de Tulipes, 1890-94.
• Daniel Catton Rich, “Midwest Art Capital,” Town and Country (March 1951), p. 72 (ill.), as The Vase of Tulips.
• Theodore Rousseau, Jr. “Cézanne, 1839-1906,” Journal of the American Association of University Women 46, 2 (January 1952), pp. 75-77 (ill. inside front cover).
• Theodore Rousseau, Jr., Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) (New York, 1953), pl. 22, as Tulips and Apples, 1890-94.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, A Brief Guide to the Collections (Chicago, 1956), p. 36, as The Vase of Tulips.
• Mayer Schapiro, Paul Cézanne (New York, 1952), pp. 86-87 (ill.), as Tulips and Apples, 1890-94, reprinted in Paul Cézanne (New York, 1988).
• The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 72, 327 (ill.), as The Vase of Tulips, 1890/94.
• Frederick A. Sweet, “Great Chicago Collectors,” Apollo 84 (September 1966), p. 203, as Vase of Tulips.

The Basket of Apples

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The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque

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Auvers, Panoramic View

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Madame Cezanne in a Yellow Chair

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The Bathers

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The Plate of Apples

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The Three Skulls

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Bathers

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