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Catalogue entry

FWN 2016
Trois baigneueses surprises
1874–75
Alternate titles: Baigneuses; Drei weibliche Badende (Trois baigneuses); Etude de baigneuses; Three Bathers (Diana and Actaeon); Three women bathers; Trois baigneuses
Rewald (W62); Venturi revised: 1874–77; Venturi (898): 1872–77
Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on paper
4 1/2 x 5 in. (11.4 x 12.7 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. 258, ill.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Gwendoline E. Davies, London (March 8, 1920);
The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Exhibition History
1895 Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895, no numbers listed.
1925b London
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 5, as Etude de baigneuses, 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. 23, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 154, as Three women bathers, 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. 109, ill., as Drei weibliche Badende (Trois baigneuses), 1874-76, lent by The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
1986 Oxford and traveling
Arts Council of Great Britain, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom, Impressionist Drawings from British Public and Private Collections, March 11–April 20, 1986, no. 8, pl. 8 and fig. 29. Traveled to: Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 30–June 1, 1986; The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, United Kingdom, June 7–July 13, 1986.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 76, pl. 102.
2000 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 20, ill. p. 46, as Trois baigneueses surprises, c. 1874-75, lent by National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff.
Published References
Faure 1920
Faure, Elie. "Toujours Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 268, as Composition.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 898, ill. vol. II, as Trois baigneuses.
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. 16.
Longstreet 1964
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Ingamells 1967
Ingamells, John. The Davies Collection of French Art. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1967, p. 83, fig. 34b.
Elgar 1968
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. Paris: A. Somogy, 1968, fig. 42.
Adriani 1980
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, pp. 59-60, pl. 16.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 62, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 112, ill.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 78, fig. 65.
Krumrine 1995
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Du plongeon aux baigneuses." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 55 (cropped).
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 143, fig. 91.
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 2-1b p. 38, p. 279, no. 36, ill.
D'Souza 2008
D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, fig. 30.
Prat 2011
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 605, no. 1446, ill. in color, as Trois baigneuses, 1874-1876.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 193, fig. 132, as Three Bathers (Diana and Actaeon).
Warman 2015
Warman, Jayne. "Chocquet und Cézanne – eine einzigartige Freundschaft." In Victor Chocquet – Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet. Bern and Munich: Bundesamt für Kultur and Hirmer Verlag, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, p. 147, pl. 71.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 428, ill (sheet cropped to image), as Baigneuses, erroneously lists Mushakoji as buyer.
Notes

Scholars have suggested that this work is based on the classic theme of Actaeon surprising Diana. The red-headed intruder is just visible at the upper left and is more discernible in the related drawing FWN2019.

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Record last updated March 25, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Trois baigneueses surprises, 1874–75 (FWN 2016)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1039 (accessed on May 5, 2024).