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 3007-38a
Deux baigneurs
1878–80
Alternate title: Zwei liegende männliche Akte (Deux nus allongés)
Rewald (W121); Venturi revised: 1900–05; Venturi (1410): 1900–05; Chappuis: c.1890
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, p. XXXVIII from the BS III Sketchbook
4 15/16 x 8 in. (12.5 x 20.4 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 82, ill. referenced p.99.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 112, ill., as Zwei liegende männliche Akte (Deux nus allongés), 1880-85, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (Inv.-No. 1935.171). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 74, pl. 44.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 205, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1410, ill. vol. II, as "Page IX".
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 132, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 121, ill.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Basel III, 1878–1881 and 1897–1900 (3007)
Sketchbook Basel III, 1878–1881 and 1897–1900 (3007)
This sketchbook probably contained fifty-three or fifty-four sheets. The pages are numbered on the "a" side in Roman numerals at bottom right. Some sheets were sold separately in the 1930s and have been identified based on stains from an oil-binding agent or rust spots left when the sketchbook was unbound.
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Record last updated February 8, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Deux baigneurs, 1878–80 (FWN 3007-38a), p. XXXVIII from the BS III Sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1098 (accessed on April 16, 2024).
