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Catalogue entry

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)
The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (Gwendoline E. Davies Bequest)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Nicolas-Auguste Hazard, Orrouy (February 1896);
Hazard Collection, Galerie G. Petit, Paris, Dec.1-3, 1919, no. 257
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Gwendoline E. Davies, London ( March 8,1920);
The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (1952)
Exhibition History
1895 Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895. (?)
1925b London
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.
1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
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.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
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.
1988–89a London and traveling
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.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
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.
2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 10a, ill., as Woman Diving into the Water.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
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 1952
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 1967
Ingamells, John. The Davies Collection of French Art. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1967, p. 83, fig. 34a, dated c. 1876.
Adriani 1980
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, pl. 15.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 29, ill.
Bernard, B. 1986
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 117, ill.
Thomas 1987
Thomas, Denis. The Age of the Impressionists. Middlesex, U.K.: Holiday House, 1987, p. 62, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 35, ill.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 60, ill.
Krumrine 1995
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Du plongeon aux baigneuses." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 56, 1867-69.
Smith 1996
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 22, fig. 12, as Woman Diving into the Water.
Coutagne 2000
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 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 15, fig. 5.
Landrot 2010
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 11, ill.
Prat 2011
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 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 283, fig. 129.
Lloyd 2015
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 2020
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 3, 2024).