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)
FWN 2003
Femme piquant une tête dans l'eau
1867–70
Alternate titles: Bather diving into the water; Femme (?) piquant une tête dans l'eau; Icare; Ins Wasser Springender (Le plongeon); La Chute d'Icare; Woman Diving into the Water
Rewald (W29); Venturi revised: 1865–70; Venturi (818): 1865–70
Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on paper (fragment)
5 x 4 3/4 in. (12.7 x 12.1 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895. (?)
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 1, as Femme piquant une tête dans l'eau, lent by Miss Davies.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 9, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 152, as Bather diving into the water, lent by National Museum of Wales,Cardiff. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 108, ill., as Ins Wasser Springender (Le plongeon), 1867-1870, lent by The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 66, ill., as Femme piquant une tête dans l'eau, shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 13, ill. in color, p. 103, as Femme piquant une tête dans l'eau, 1867-1870, lent by National Museum and Gallery of Wales. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 10a, ill., as Woman Diving into the Water.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 818, ill. vol. II, as La Chute d'Icare.
National Museum of Wales. Catalogue of the Gwendoline E. Davies bequest of paintings, drawings and sculpture. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1952, no. 17.
Ingamells, John. The Davies Collection of French Art. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1967, p. 83, fig. 34a, dated c. 1876.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 29, ill.
Thomas, Denis. The Age of the Impressionists. Middlesex, U.K.: Holiday House, 1987, p. 62, ill.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Du plongeon aux baigneuses." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 56, 1867-69.
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 22, fig. 12, as Woman Diving into the Water.
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne au fil de l'eau." In Au fil de l'eau. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 13, as Femme piquant une tête dans l'eau.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 15, fig. 5.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 601, no. 1437, ill. in color, as Femme (?) piquant une tête dans l'eau, 1867-1870.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 283, fig. 129.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 85, fig. 44, dated 1866–69.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 427, ill. (sheet cropped to image), as Icare, verso not mentioned.
Notes
The title adopted here was given to the work by Félix Fénéon, at one time director of the Galerie Benheim-Jeune. It is not clear if the figure is male or female, however. Venturi titled the scene La Chute d'Icare.
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Record last updated March 24, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Femme piquant une tête dans l'eau, 1867–70 (FWN 2003), (fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1006 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
