Cézanne, A Small Still Life – The collection of Baron Denys Cochin

The collection of Baron Denys Cochin

Cézannenot found
A Small Still Life
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No. 5000 of Vollard’s book X, “a small canvas by Cézanne, still life”, sold to Cochin for 5,000 francs on 2 January 1908, which the catalogue matches to no known canvas^[1]. Among his still lifes only one is small and came to him at a date the catalogue does not know: the Bowl with Fruit, 25 by 39, which went to Bernheim-Jeune on 3 July 1913^[2]. The others are too large or dated otherwise, the Still Life with Plaster Cupid from Vollard on 14 March 1910, the Flowered Curtain and Fruit on 27 February 1907^{[3, 4]}. The Bowl is therefore the candidate; the relining number 365 that Vollard noted on the back would settle it^[1].
In his hands: Came on 2 January 1908, from Vollard, 5,000 F
Sources (4)
1. 1.The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné (Société Paul Cezanne), « Vollard Archives » : transcription des livres de stock A, B, C, X et W d’Ambroise Vollard (Wildenstein Institute ; musée d’Orsay, fonds Vollard MS 421), 860 entrées, consultées sur inscription ; les treize qui nomment Cochin, livre X, n° 5000.
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  « Vollard X stockbook no. 5000 | description: une petite toile de Cezanne nature morte - no. de rentoilage 365* | sold to: Cochin | sold for: 5,000 Fr | sold on: Jan. 2, 1908 | Unassigned work »
2. 2.The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné (Société Paul Cezanne ; Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman, David Nash), « Collection: Baron Denys Cochin », trente et une notices, consultées sur inscription, notice FWN 752, Saladier avec fruits, Provenance.
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  « Saladier avec fruits, 1878–79. Oil on canvas, 25 × 39 cm. Abelló Collection, Madrid. — Baron Denys Cochin, Paris — Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (July 3, 1913) »
3. 3.The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné (Société Paul Cezanne ; Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman, David Nash), « Collection: Baron Denys Cochin », trente et une notices, consultées sur inscription, notice FWN 692, Nature morte avec l'Amour en plâtre, Provenance.
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  « Nature morte avec l'Amour en plâtre, c.1895. Oil on paper mounted on board, 70 × 57 cm. The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London: Courtauld Bequest 1948. — Ambroise Vollard, Paris — Baron Denys Cochin, Paris (Mar. 14, 1910) — Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (Nov. 11, 1912) »
4. 4.The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné (Société Paul Cezanne ; Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman, David Nash), « Collection: Baron Denys Cochin », trente et une notices, consultées sur inscription, notice FWN 885, Nature morte, rideau à fleurs et fruits, Provenance.
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  « Nature morte, rideau à fleurs et fruits, 1904–06. Oil on canvas, 73 × 92 cm. Private collection, New York. — Ambroise Vollard, Paris (Oct. 12, 1904) — Baron Denys Cochin, Paris (Feb. 27, 1907) — Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris »