Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Poires dans une assiette blanche

Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)
Poires dans une assiette blanche

oil on canvas
7 3/8 x 15 in. (18.5 x 38.2 cm.)
Painted in Melun, winter 1879-1880

Provenance
Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Paris and New York.
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (by 1960).
Gallery Nichido, Tokyo.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1974.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Literature
M. Raynal, Initiation à l'art moderne: Cézanne, Paris, 1936 (illustrated, pl. LXXIX).
L. Venturi, Cézanne: son art—son oeuvre, Paris, 1936, vol. I, p. 141, no. 350 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. 97; titled Nature morte and dated 1879-1882).
J. Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1996, vol. 1, p. 237, no. 357 (illustrated, vol. 2, pl. 112).
W. Feilchenfeldt, J. Warman and D. Nash, The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné (www.cezannecatalogue.com), no. 764 (illustrated in color).

Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Masters of Modern Art from 1840-1960, June-August 1960, p. 28, no. 28 (illustrated in color; titled Nature morte and dated 1879-1882).
Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art; Kyoto, Municipal Museum and Fukuoka Cultural Center, Cézanne, March-August 1974, no. 24 (illustrated).