Catalogue entry

Christian Baur, Basel

FWN 973

Groupe de sept baigneurs

c.1900

Alternate titles: Badende; Grupo de siete bañistas; Nus sept baignerurs; Sept baigneurs; Sept Nus; Siete bañistas

Rewald (860): c.1900; Venturi revised: 1885–88; Venturi (387): 1879–82; Reff: 1896–97 or slightly later

Oil on canvas

14 5/8 x 17 11/16 in. (37 x 45 cm)

Vollard A stockbook: no. 4106, huile; homme[s] nu[s] esquisse, 38 x 46 cm

Vollard B stockbook: no. 3795, Personnages nus sur fond bleu, 38 x 46 cm (50 frs)

Vollard archives: photo no. 43, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1888

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel (Inv. 75.1)

Keywords

Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- male bathers / biagneurs »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Baron Denys Cochin, Paris (Nov. 22, 1904)

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (May 6, 1907)

Werner Dücker, Düsseldorf

Hermann

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (Jan. 20, 1921)

[Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne] (Nov. 7, 1921)

Moderne Galerie [Heinrich Thannhauser], Munich (Nov. 5, 1921)

Margarete Oppenheim, Berlin;

Oppenheim Collection, Kunstauktionhaus Julius Böhler, Munich, May 18–22, 1936, no. 1226, pl. 79

Galerie Ernst Buck, Mannheim

Otto C. Boehringer, Mannheim

Sotheby's, London, July 2, 1975, no. 58, ill.

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel

Exhibition History

1910a Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 1, as Sept Nus, for sale.

1910c Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Nus, May 17–28, 1910, no. 9, as Sept Nus, tentative identification.

1912a Barmen

Kunstverein Barmen, Barmen, Germany, Sammlung Werner Dücker, December 1912.

1936 Basel

Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 23, as Badende, c. 1880, lent by Private collection, Mannheim.

1977 Basel

Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Manet, Degas, Monet, Cézanne, Bonnard: Oeuvres tardives, June–September 1977, no. 13, ill., as Sept baigneurs.

1977–78 New York and traveling

The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 36, pl. 202. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).

1978a Paris

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 101, ill.

1982 Liège and traveling

Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 27, ill. c. 1900. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).

1982 Aix-en-Provence

Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 27, ill.

1983 Basel

Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 22, ill., as Sept baigneurs, lent by Private collection.

1984 Madrid

Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 51.

1986 Tokyo and traveling

Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 37, ill. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.

1989 Madrid

Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Collección Beyeler, May 24–June 24, 1989, no no., pp. 32–33, ill., as Siete bañistas.

1989 Basel

Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 65, pl. 162.

1993 Tübingen

Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 79, ill.

1993 Berlin

Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Wege der Moderne: die Sammlung Beyeler, April 30–August 1, 1993, no. 10, ill.

1993–94 Basel

Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Magic Blue, December 1993–March 1994, no. 8, ill.

1996–97 Sidney

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century: The Beyeler Collection, December 7, 1996–March 2, 1997, no. 4, ill.

1999–2000 Riehen/Basel

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 31, ill., p. 100, as Groupe de sept baigneurs.

2001–02 Madrid

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Forma. El ideal clásico en el arte moderno, October 9, 2001–January 13, 2002, no. 26, p. 204, ill. p. 86, as Siete bañistas, c. 1900, lent by Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel.

2006–07a Riehen/Basel

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Hommage à Paul Cézanne, October 21, 2006–January 7, 2007.

2008 Humlebæk

Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 51, ill. p. 189, as Groupe de sept baigneurs, lent by Beyeler Collection.

2010–11 Vienna

Leopold Museum, Vienna, Cézanne – Picasso – Giacometti: Meisterwerke der Fondation Beyeler, September 17, 2010–January 17, 2011, no. 3, ill., as Sept baigneurs.

2011–12 Milan

Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi, October 20, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 30, ill., as Groupe de sept baigneurs, lent by Fondation Beyeler, not shown, replaced by FWN 853.

2013 Aix-en-Provence and Marseille

Musée Granet and Musée des Beaux-Arts, palais Longchamp, Aix-en Provence and Marseille, France, Le Grand Atelier du Midi: de Cézanne à Matisse [Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence]; de Van Gogh à Bonnard [Musée des Beaux-Arts, palais Longchamp, Marseille], June 13–October 13, 2013, no. 113, ill., p. 181.

2015 Berlin

Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Impressionismus - Expressionismus. Kunstwende, May 22–September 20, 2015, no. 3, ill.

2017 Basel

Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 95, ill.

Published References

Meier-Graefe 1913

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 34.

Meier-Graefe 1918a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 190.

Meier-Graefe 1922

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 230.

Pfister 1927

Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 108, as Badende, c. 1890 (Photo: Thannhauser).

Meier-Graefe 1927a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XCI.

Fry 1929

Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 133, ill.

Waldemar-George 1931

Waldemar-George. "The Twilight of a God." Apollo 14 (August 1931), fig. VII.

Raynal 1936

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. C p. 135.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 387, ill. vol. II, as Sept baigneurs.

Waldfogel 1965

Waldfogel, Melvin. "Caillebotte, Vollard and Cézanne's 'Baigneurs au repos.'" Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 65, periode 6 (February 1965), p. 114 and p. 120 note 4.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 16, ill.

Druick 1977

Druick, Douglas. "Cézanne's Lithographs." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 123, fig. 2.

Reff 1977b

Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Late Bather Paintings." Arts Magazine 52, no. 2 (October 1977), p. 119, fig. 12.

Ponente 1980

Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 36.

Müller 1982

Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 48.

Información Cultural 1984

"Cézanne, una exposición excepcional." Información Cultural (Madrid), no. 10 (March 1984), ill. cover, as Grupo de siete bañistas.

Von der Heydt Museum 1984

Von der Heydt Museum. Der westdeutsche Impuls 1900–1914, Kunst und Umweltgestaltung im Industriegebiet, Stadtenwicklung, Sammlungen, Austellungen. Günter Aust, ed.. Wuppertal: Von der Heydt Museum, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, p. 147, ill. erroneously illustrates work as ex-Reber collection.

Pickvance and Takumi 1986

Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 79, pl. 37.

Kendall 1988

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 263, ill.

Teboul 1988

Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 52, ill.

Du 1989

"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 34, ill.

Schmitt 1995

Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, pp. 54-5.

Sollers 1995

Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 78-9, ill.

Cahn 1995b

Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 129, ill.

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. 860, ill. vol. 2, as Groupe de sept baigneurs.

Beyeler 1997

Fondation Beyeler, ed. Sammlung Beyeler. Munich: Prestel, 1997, pp. 62-63, no. 6.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. pp. 180 and 205, 250 (details), p. 292, no. 119, ill., as Sept baigneurs, c. 1900.

Baumann 2002

Baumann, Felix. "Un pittore per i pittori." In Cezanne: Il padre dei moderni. Milan: Mozzatta, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 47.

Breidbach 2003

Breidbach, Angela. Anschauungsraum bei Cézanne. Cézanne und Helmholtz. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2003, p. 127, ill.

Dittmann 2005

Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, pl. 12.

Feilchenfeldt 2005a

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte Cézannes in Deutschland." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 149, ill.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 303; vol. 2, p. 207, as Groupe de sept baigneurs.

Obenaus 2016

Obenauf, Maria. Für die Nation gesichert? Das "Verzeichnis der national wertvollen Kunstwerke": Entstehung, Etablierung und Instrumentalisierung 1919-1945. Berlin and Boston: de Gruyter, 2016, pl. XI, ill. p. 351.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 236, ill., as Nus sept baignerurs, installation photograph from 1910 exhibition, p.83.

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Record last updated March 28, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Groupe de sept baigneurs, c.1900 (FWN 973)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=835 (accessed on May 5, 2024).