Natura morta: mele e pere

Provenienza:

• Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
• Kurt von Mutzenbecher, Wiesbaden, 1904.
• Karl Henkell, Wiesbaden, fino al 1929 circa.
• French Art Galleries, New York.
• Alex L. Hillman Family Foundation, New York, acquistato dalle French Art Galleries, 1950; vendita, Sotheby's, New York, 3 novembre 1993, n. 20, illustrato.
• Robert Schmit, Paris.
• Collezione privata, Greenwich; vendita, Sotheby's, New York, asta Impressionist & Modern art, part one, 5 novembre 2003, lotto 10, illustrato, venduto per $8,744,000.

Mostre:

• Zürich, Kunsthaus, Paul Cézanne, 1956, n° 52.
• Aix-en-Provence, Pavillon de Vendôme, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, 1956, n° 42.
• The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Paul Cézanne, 1956, n° 29.
• New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition: Impressionist and Modern Paintings from Private Collections, 1957.
• Vienna, Osterreichische Galerie, Oberes Belvedere, Paul Cézanne, 1839-1906, 1961, n° 23, catalogato p. 26 (titolato: Still life with fruit e datato: 1885 circa).
• New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from Private Collections, 1966, n° 22.
• New York, Wildenstein Galleries, Masterpieces, A Memorial Exhibition for Adele R. Levy. Benefit of the Citizens Committee for Children of New York, 1971.
• Bronx Museum of the Arts, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, 1972.
• Laramie, Wyoming, University of Wyoming Art Center, The Hillman Collection, 1972.
• Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville Art Museum; Corpus Christi, Texas, Art Museum of South Texas, The Alex Hillman Collection, 1973, n° 13.
• Chicago, Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, Fine Works by Modern French Painters from the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, 1975.
• Roslyn, New York, Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Modern Masters: Paintings and Drawings from the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, 1978, n° 3.
• Selections from the Collection of the Alex Hillman Foundation, circulated by the American Federation of Arts to American institutions, 1979-1985.
• New York, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center; Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Art Museum, Cézanne/Léger, 1980.
• The Brooklyn Museum, Monet and His Contemporaries: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Brooklyn Museum, 1990-1991.
• Paris, Galerie Schmit, Maîtres français, XIXe-XXe siècles, 1994, n° 11.
• New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, in prestito (Aprile 2001 - Ottobre 2002).
• Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pa., United States, The World is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne, 14 giugno - 22 settembre 2014 (catalogo della mostra). La mostra è stata successivamente allestita all'Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1 novembre 2014 - 31 gennaio 2015.

Bibliografia:

• Emile Bernard, Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une conversation avec Cézanne, Parigi, 1925, illustrato p. 84.
• Lionello Venturi, Cézanne, Son Art – Son Oeuvre, Parigi, 1936, vol. I, n° 507, catalogato p. 174; vol. II, n° 507, illustrato tav. 156 (titolato: Nature morte e datato1883-1887 circa).
• Alfonso Gatto and Sandra Orienti, L’Opera Completa di Cézanne, Milano, 1970, n° 475, illustrato.
• Lionello Venturi, Cézanne, Son Art – Son Oeuvre, San Francisco, 1989, vol. I, n° 507, catalogato p. 174; vol. II, n° 507, illustrato tav. 156 (titolato: Nature Morte e datato1883-1887 circa).
• Emily Braun, The Hillman Family Collection, New York, 1994, n° 6, illustrato p. 47.
• Isabelle Cahn (prefazione di Françoise Cachin), Paul Cézanne, Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 72, illustrato.
• John Rewald in collaborazione con Walter Feilchenfeldt e Jayne Warman, The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue raisonné, 2 volumi, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, nr. 646, catalogato p. 419; vol. II, n° 646, illustrato p. 217.