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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)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 5462, femme debout; aquarelle, 89 x 54 (12,000)
Musée d'Orsay, held in the Musée du Louvre, département des arts graphiques, Paris (RF29915)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Claude René Blum, Paris
Musée du Louvre, Paris (1951);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Exhibition History
1952–53 Washington, D.C. and traveling
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.
1954 Paris
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.
1955c Paris
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.
1958 Hamburg and traveling
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.
1959–60 Rome and traveling
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.
1960–61 Paris
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.
1962c 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.
1967–1968a Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Vingt ans d'acquisitions au musée du Louvre 1947-1967, December 1967–March 1968, no. 452, ill., as Femme nue debout.
1974b Paris
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.
1978a Paris
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.
1983f 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.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 88, pl. 182.
1998–99 Sydney
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.
2001–02 Madrid
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.
2004–05 Essen
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.
2009 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 26, ill., as Femme nue debout.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 69, ill.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 222.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1091, ill. vol. II, as Femme nue.
Hofmann 1953
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 7, as Nackte Frau, c. 1895.
Clark 1956
Clark, Kenneth. The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form. New York, 1956, pp. 343-44.
Bacou 1968
Bacou, Roseline. Great Drawings of the Louvre Museum - The French Drawings. New York: George Braziller, 1968, no. 94, ill.
Elgar 1968
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. Paris: A. Somogy, 1968, p. 247, ill.
Sérullaz 1968
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 1969
Leymarie, Jean. Dessins impressionistes De Manet à Renoir. Geneva: Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1969, p. 93, ill. c. 1895.
Sérullaz 1970
Sérullaz, Maurice and Arlette. L’ottocento francese. Milano: Fratelli Fabbri, 1970, p. 82, pl. VII, as Donna nudain piedi.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 7.
Adhémar 1974a
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.
Ponente 1980
Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, no. 24, ill.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 387, ill.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 113, ill.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 498, fig. 1, as Femme nue debout, 1898-1899.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 36, ill.
Ballas 2002
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 2004
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 29, fig. 14.
D'Souza 2008
D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, fig. 38, ill.
Machotka 2008
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 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 188, fig. 140.
Lloyd 2015
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 2018
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 April 18, 2024).