Still Life with Milk Jug and Fruit
c. 1900
Artist, French, 1839 - 1906


East Building Mezzanine, Gallery 217-B
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman
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Dimensions
overall: 45.8 x 54.9 cm (18 1/16 x 21 5/8 in.)
framed: 71.1 x 80 x 8.2 cm (28 x 31 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1972.9.5
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Prince Antoine Bibesco [1878-1951], Paris, London, Leningrad, and Strehaia, Romania. Claude Monet [1840-1926], Giverny. Paul Guillaume [1891-1934], Paris; sold May 1930 to Marie N. Harriman [1903-1970] and W. Averell Harriman [1891-1986], New York [Marie Harriman Gallery];[1] W. Averell Harriman Foundation, New York; gift 1972 to NGA.
[1] According to Harriman collection records in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1930
Opening Exhibition, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1930, no. 1
1931
Exhibition of Modern French Painting, The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1931, no. 14.
Still Life, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1931, no. 16
1937
Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1937, no. 33, repro.
1938
The Painters of Still Life, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 1938, no. 51, as The Table.
1939
Cezanne Centennial Exhibition, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1939, probbly no. 17
1961
Exhibition of the Marie and Averell Harriman Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1961, unnumbered catalogue, repro. 13
1974
Exposition Cézanne, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Municipal Museum, Kyoto; Cultural Center, Fukouka, 1974, no. 52
1977
Cézanne: The Late Work, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Grand Palais, Paris, 1977, no. 79
1983
Selected French Paintings, Timken Art Gallery, San Diego, 1983
1986
Capolavori Impressionisti dei Musei Americani, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1986-1987, no. 8, repro.
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1986, no. 35, repro.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 63, repro.
1992
From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 64, repro.
1997
Cèzanne i blickpunkten, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1997-1998, no. 24, repro.
1998
Classic Cézanne, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1998-1999, no. 10, repro.
2002
Ciarán Lennon: Hapax, An acrylic painting in four parts 2001, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2002, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
2004
Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne [Cézanne: The Dawn of Modern Art], Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2004-2005, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
2008
Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, 2008, no. 52, repro.
2012
Cézanne. Paris-Provence, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2012, no. 85, repro.
2013
Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 51.
2017
Monet the Collector, Musée Marmottan-Claude Monet, Paris, 2017-2018, no. 61, repro.
Bibliography
1936
Venturi, Lionello. Cezanne, son art, son oeuvre. 2 vols. Paris, 1936.
1970
Orienti 1970, no.809.
1972
"Recent Acquisitions of American and Canadian Museums." Art Quarterly 35 (Autumn 1972): 332, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 64, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 499, no. 742, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 84, repro.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum. Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 63, repro.
1991
Coman, Florence E. Joie de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 12, repro.
1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London, 1992, 120, repro.
1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: a catalogue raisonné. 2 vols. New York, 1996:no. 849, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20190770