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The Peppermint Bottle
Paul Cézanne1893/1895
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Peppermint Bottle
- Creator: Paul Cézanne
- Date Created: 1893/1895
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 65.9 x 82.1 cm (25 15/16 x 32 5/16 in.) framed: 105.7 x 90.8 cm (41 5/8 x 35 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: (Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris). Maurice Gangnat, Paris; sold 1913 to (Paul Rosenberg and Co., London, New York, and Paris); sold to Emile Staub, Männedorf, Switzerland, by 1923.[1] (Paul Rosenberg and Co., London, New York, and Paris); sold 19 November 1927 to Chester Dale [1993-1962], New York;[2] gift 1963 to NGA. [1] Letter from Paul Rosenberg to Chester Dale, dated 11 February 1943, quoted in NGA curatorial file, recounts Rosenberg's role between Gangnat and Staub. The Staub collection is described in _La Renaissance_ (August 1923) and "L'Art français dans les collections privées en Suisse: La collection Emile Staub," _L'Amour de l'Art_, January 1926, p. 42. [2] Date of purchase from Rosenberg in Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial file. It is possible that Etienne Bignou was also involved in the sale, as a photograph of the picture is included in the Etienne Bignou albums at the documentation center of the Musée d'Orsay (copy, NGA curatorial files). Bignou often acted for Dale.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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