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)
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Jean-Gilles Berizzi; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay)
FWN 1878
Femme nue debout
1898–99
Alternate titles: Donna nudain piedi; Femme nue; Mujer desnuda de pie; Nackte Frau; Stehender Frauenakt; Studie eines stehenden weiblichen Aktes; Studio di nudo femminile
Rewald (W387); Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (1091): c.1895
Graphite and watercolor on paper with a strip glued at the top
36 x 20 7/8 in. (89 x 53 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., French Drawings, Masterpieces from Five Centuries, October 7, 1952–May 5, 1953, no. 164, ill., pl.46. Traveled to: Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 7, 1952–May 5, 1953; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, October 7, 1952–May 5, 1953; The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Cloisters, New York, October 7, 1952–May 5, 1953; The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, October 7, 1952–May 5, 1953.
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 73, ill. in b/w, pl. XXXI, as Femme nue debout, c. 1895, lent by Louvre.
Cabinet des Dessins, Musee du Louvre, Paris, Choix de pièces des donations et acquisitions du cabinet des Dessins du Louvre 1946-1954, January 14–April 31, 1955, no. 47.
Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, Französische Zeichnungen von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, February 1–16, 1958, no. 181, ill., as Studie eines stehenden weiblichen Aktes, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris. Traveled to: Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, March 22–May 5, 1958; Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany, May 10–June 7, 1958.
Palazzo di Venezia, Rome, Il disegno francese da Fouquet a Toulouse-Lautrec, December 18, 1959–February 14, 1960, no. 187, ill. in b/w, pl. 95, as Studio di nudo femminile, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris. Traveled to: Palazzo Reale, Milan, March 1–April 26, 1960.
Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, Les Sources du XXe siècle: les arts en Europe de 1884 à 1914, November 4, 1960–January 23, 1961, no. 91, as Femme nue debout, c. 1895, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Première exposition des plus beaux dessins du Louvre et de quelques pièces célèbres des collections de Paris, March 27–May 30, 1962, no. 129.
Orangerie, Paris, Vingt ans d'acquisitions au musée du Louvre 1947-1967, December 1967–March 1968, no. 452, ill., as Femme nue debout.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 62, ill., as Femme nue debout, c. 1890-1895.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 98, ill. in color, as Femme nue debout, 1898-1899, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Louvre, Cabinet des dessins, Paris, L'aquarelle en France au XIXe siècle: Dessin du musée du Louvre, June 16–September 19, 1983, no. 17, ill., as Femme nue debout.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 88, pl. 182.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 48, ill., as Femme nue debout, 1898-99, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Forma. El ideal clásico en el arte moderno, October 9, 2001–January 13, 2002, no. 5, p. 203, ill. p. 41, as Mujer desnuda de pie, 1898-1899, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 232, ill. p. 65, as Stehender Frauenakt, 1898/99, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 26, ill., as Femme nue debout.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1091, ill. vol. II, as Femme nue.
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 7, as Nackte Frau, c. 1895.
Bacou, Roseline. Great Drawings of the Louvre Museum - The French Drawings. New York: George Braziller, 1968, no. 94, ill.
Sérullaz, Maurice; collab. Lise Duclaux et Geneviève Monnier. Dessins du Louvre: école française. Paris: Flammarion, 1968, no. 94, ill., as Femme nue debout, catalogue note by Geneviève Monnier.
Leymarie, Jean. Dessins impressionistes De Manet à Renoir. Geneva: Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1969, p. 93, ill. c. 1895.
Sérullaz, Maurice and Arlette. L’ottocento francese. Milano: Fratelli Fabbri, 1970, p. 82, pl. VII, as Donna nudain piedi.
Adhémar, Hélène. "Cézanne dans les collections des musées nationaux." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France, no. 3 (1974), fig. 8 p. 220, as Femme nue debout.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 387, ill.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 113, ill.
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 498, fig. 1, as Femme nue debout, 1898-1899.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 285, no.87, ill., p. 301 listed without no. 1898-99.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 29, fig. 14.
D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, fig. 38, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 368; vol. 2, p. 235, as Femme nue debout.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 188, fig. 140.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 197, fig. 135, dated 1900.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 104, 1890-95.
Notes
Georges Rivière (1923 p. 222) mentioned as the model for the painting [Femme nue debout, 1898–99 (694)] and presumably this work "Marie-Louise, a rare female model used by Cezanne." The artist also noted in the Philadelphia I sketchbook [Baigneur débout et annotations, After 1882 (3002-45a)] possibly her name and address: "Mademoiselle Marie Louise / 7 rue Monceau."
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Record last updated April 10, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Femme nue debout, 1898–99 (FWN 1878), with a strip glued at the top." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1368 (accessed on May 14, 2025).
