The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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Jerry L. Thompson; © Collection of Jasper Johns
FWN 3010-33a
Baigneur descendant dans l'eau
c.1885
Alternate titles: Baigneur qui descend dans l'eau; Bather; Etude de nu
Rewald (W124); Venturi revised: 1885–88; Venturi (905): 1878–82
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, p. XXXIII removed from the EH II sketchbook
5 x 8 1/2 in. (12.7 x 21.6 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 52, as Bather, c. 1880, lent by Wildenstein.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 9, pl. VIII, as Baigneur qui descend dans l'eau, dated 1878-82, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Ira Haupt, New York.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 89, Collection Jasper Johns.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 95. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Jasper Johns – The Artist as Collector, From Cezanne to de Kooning, September 30, 2023–February 4, 2024, no. 17a, ill.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 103, ill., as Etude de nu.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 905, ill. vol. II, as Baigneur descendant dans l'eau.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 15.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 124, ill.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 295, no. 155, ill. 1880-81.
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 302, ill.
Notes
The pose is based on an engraving of the Dead Christ by Alphonse Cano, published in Charles Blanc, Ecole Espagnole, 1869
Alonso Cano, Cristo muerto sostenido por un ángel (The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel), Museo del Prado, Madrid. Cezanne probably knew this work from a wood-engraved reproduction in Charles Blanc's 1869 Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles: Ecole espagnole.
![Baigneur descendant dans l'eau, c.1885 (FWN 3010-33a). After Alonso Cano, Le Christ mort, wood engraving printed in Charles Blanc, Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles: Ecole espagnole, Paris: Veuve J. Renouard, 1869, p. [171].](https://cdn.panopticoncr.com/ceza001/catalogue_images/supp_sm/Ch524_suppl.png)
After Alonso Cano, Le Christ mort, wood engraving printed in Charles Blanc, Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles: Ecole espagnole, Paris: Veuve J. Renouard, 1869, p. [171].
Related
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This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Philadelphia II, 1872–95 (3010)
Sketchbook Philadelphia II, 1872–95 (3010)
The front and back covers are of linen-covered board. Notation on back endpaper "LII x 2", indicating 52 recto and verso sheets. The pages are numbered in Roman numerals at the lower right corner of the recto ("a") in a soft blue-gray pencil. The sketchbook is unbound.
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Record last updated March 5, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneur descendant dans l'eau, c.1885 (FWN 3010-33a), p. XXXIII removed from the EH II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1101 (accessed on May 14, 2025).
