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The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
Catalogue entry
FWN 950
Baigneurs
1890–92
Alternate titles: Bathers; Les Baigneurs; Six baigneurs
Rewald (666): 1890–92; Venturi revised: 1885–88; Venturi (581): 1892–94
Oil on canvas
20 11/16 x 25 5/16 in. (52.7 x 64.2 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Claude Monet, Giverny (Mar. 29, 1906);
Michel Monet, Giverny
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Mrs. A. Chester Beatty, London (by 1936)
Paul Rosenberg, New York (Mar. 16, 1955)
Saint Louis Art Museum (Nov. 12, 1955)
Exhibition History
1939a Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 28, ill., as Baigneurs, 1894, lent by Mrs. Beatty.1939b London
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 18, ill., (dated 1894), lent by Mrs. Beatty.1946b London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Delacroix to Dufy, June–July 1946, no. 6.1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 59, pl. 137.1989–90 Pittsburgh and traveling
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Impressionism: Selections from Five American Museums, November 4–December 31, 1989, no. 12, ill. lent by Saint Louis Art Museum. Traveled to: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, January 27–March 25, 1990; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, April 21–June 17, 1990; Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, July 14–September 9, 1990; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, September 30–November 25, 1990.2002 Venice
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy, De Puvis de Chavannes à Matisse et Picasso: vers l'art moderne, February 10–June 6, 2002, no. 52, ill., as Baigneurs.2006–07 New York and traveling
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 14, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 41, fig. 42, pp. 40, 341–42 (size: 543 x 66 cm), as Baigneurs, shown in New York and Chicago. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, February 17–May 13, 2007; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 19–September 16, 2007.2007–08 Baltimore and traveling
Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, The Repeating Image: Multiples in French Painting from David to Matisse, October 7, 2007–January 1, 2008, no. 51, ill., p. 133, fig. 29. Traveled to: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, January 20–May 4, 2008.2017–18 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Monet Collectionneur, September 14, 2017–January 14, 2018, no. 60, ill.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 102, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Iavorskaia 1935a
Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 27.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 581, ill. vol. II, as Baigneurs .Schenck 1937
Schenck, Edgar. "Girl with Her Doll." Bulletin of the Honolulu Academy of Arts 5, no. 1 (March 1937), fig. 4.Konstrevy 1939
"Pariskrönika: Cézanne-utställningar." Konstrevy (Stockholm) XV, no. 3 (1939), ill. p. 116, as Les Baigneurs.Georges-Michel 1942
Georges-Michel, Michel. Peintres et sculpteurs que j'ai connus, 1900–1942. New York: Brentano's, 1942, p. 42.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 134, listed p. 168.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 39, fig. 45.St. Louis Art Museum 1975
C., J. "An oil by Paul Cézanne." Bulletin St. Louis Art Museum Vol. 11, No. 3, (May-June 1975), p. 47, ill.Reff 1977b
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Late Bather Paintings." Arts Magazine 52, no. 2 (October 1977), p. 118.Krumrine 1980
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts Magazine 54, no. 9 (May 1980), p. 119, fig. 19.Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 139.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 352, fig. 2.Krumrine 1995
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Du plongeon aux baigneuses." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 62, 1892-94.Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 666, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneurs .Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. pp. 206 and 259 (detail), p. 292, no. 126, ill., as Six baigneurs, 1892-94.Jensen 2006
Jensen, Robert. "Vollard and Cézanne: An Anatomy of a Relationship." In Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 40, fig. 42, as Bathers.Shiff 2007
Shiff, Richard. "Risible Cézanne." In The Repeating Image: Multiples in French Painting from David to Matisse. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 133, fig. 5, as Bathers, dated 1890–92.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection - New Edition. Stein, Susan Alyson and Asher Ethan Miller. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, fig. 110, ill. p. 150.Patin 2016
Patin, Sylvie. Monet's Private Picture Gallery at Giverny. Montreuil: Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2016, p. 133, ill.Lobstein 2017
Lobstein, Dominique. "Paul Cézanne in the Monet Collection." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 176, ill. p. 177.Mathieu and Lobstein 2017
Mathieu, Marianne, and Dominique Lobstein with the collaboration of Claire Gooden. "Vue synoptique de la collection Monet." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 269, listed and ill.Clark 2022
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pl. 57.Related
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneurs, 1890–92 (FWN 950)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=646 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
