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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)
Catalogue entry
Digital Image © 2018 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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
Georges Bernheim, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (October 6, 1919)
Montross Gallery, New York (April 20, 1920)
Lillie P. Bliss, New York (1920);
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1934)
Exhibition History
1920 Philadelphia
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).1920a New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cezanne Watercolors, February 10–21, 1920, no. 206.1921d New York
Museum of the French Institute, New York, Cezanne, Redon and Others,, March 16–April 3, 1921, no. 10.1926 Brooklyn
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.1931–32 New York and traveling
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 1932.1934c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 12, ill.1934–35 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition, November 19, 1934–January 20, 1935, no. 3.1935 Pittsburgh
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 29.1935 Chicago
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 21–June 11, 1935, no. 29.1952–55 New York and traveling
Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Versatile Medium, 1952–55, no no, listed.1954–55 New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, XXVth Anniversary Exhibition, 1954–55, no no. listed.1971 Auckland
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. 1900.1971–72 Tokyo and traveling
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, 1972.1973–74 New York and traveling
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, 1974.1974a New York
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, 1885-1900.1982–83 New York and traveling
Museum of Modern Art, New York, A Century of Modern Drawing 1881-1981, 1982–83, no no.1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 82, pl. 139.2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 212, ill.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 87, Museum of Modern Art, New York.Published References
Klein 1934
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 12.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1114, ill. vol. II, as Baigneurs.Barr 1942
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 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 139.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 130, ill.Rewald 1989
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 2002
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 2009
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 2020
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.Related
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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&sketchbook=3007 (accessed on May 8, 2024).
