The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
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FWN 3007-46b
Baigneurs
1885–90
Alternate title: Bathers
Rewald (W130); Venturi revised: 1885–88; Venturi (1114): 1882–94
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, p. XLVI verso removed from the BS III sketchbook
5 x 8 1/8 in. (12.7 x 20.6 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters, April 17–May 9, 1920, no. 54, as Bathers (lent by Miss Bliss).
Museum of the French Institute, New York, Cezanne, Redon and Others,, March 16–April 3, 1921, no. 10.
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926, no no. listed.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 12, ill. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 12, ill.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition, November 19, 1934–January 20, 1935, no. 3.
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 29.
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 21–June 11, 1935, no. 29.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Versatile Medium, 1952–55, no no, listed.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, XXVth Anniversary Exhibition, 1954–55, no no. listed.
City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, From Cézanne through Picasso: 100 Drawings from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 7–October 17, 1971, no. 9, ill., as Bathers, c. 1900.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, From Cézanne through Picasso: 100 Drawings from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 1–June 20, 1971, no. 9, ill. in b/w and color pl, as Bathers, c. 1900. Traveled to: Ishibashi Museum, Kurume, Japan, July 1–August 1, 1971; City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, September 7–October 17, 1971; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, November 11, 1971–January 2, 1972; Blaxland Galleries, Sydney, January 17–February 5, 1972; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, February 18–March 26, 1972; Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, April 15–June 4, 1972.
Museum of Modern Art (International Council), New York, 100 European Drawings from the Museum of Modern art, New York, 1973–74, n.n. Traveled to: Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, the Netherlands, April 15–July 2, 1973; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, September 21–November 4, 1973; Rotonda di via Besana, Milan, November 30, 1973–January 6, 1974; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, February 15–March 24, 1974.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France: selections from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, June 13–September 8, 1974, no. 19, ill. p. 18, as Bathers, 1885-1900.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, A Century of Modern Drawing 1881-1981, 1982–83, no no.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 82, pl. 139.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 212, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 87, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Lillie P. Bliss and the Birth of The Modern, November 17, 2024–March 29, 2025.
Published References
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 12.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1114, ill. vol. II, as Baigneurs.
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 30, no, 89, as Bathers.
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 139.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 130, ill.
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 317, fig. 163.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 294, no. 141, ill. 1892-94.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection - New Edition. Stein, Susan Alyson and Asher Ethan Miller. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, fig. 108, ill. p. 148.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 424, ill., as Baigneurs.
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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 December 20, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneurs, 1885–90 (FWN 3007-46b), p. XLVI verso removed 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=1107 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
