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)
FWN 3018-x2a
Groupe de baigneurs
c.1900
Alternate titles: Badende; Baignade; Baigneurs; Baigneurs et baigneuses; Baigneuses; Bathers; Männliche Badende (Baigneurs); The Bathers
Rewald (W495); Venturi revised: 1885–88; Venturi (1110): 1890–1900; Rivière: c.1892
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, possibly page from the CP IV sketchbook
7 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (20 x 27.3 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 81, as Badende, c. 1895, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 14?, as Baigneurs.
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 54, as Baigneuses, 1890-1900, lent by Cézanne fils.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 65, as Bathers, c. 1900, lent by Cézanne fils (with erroneous measurements).
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 116, ill., as Männliche Badende (Baigneurs), 1896-97, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 87, pl. 165.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 183, ill. in color, p. 435, as Groupe de baigneurs, c. 1900, lent by The Morgan Library, New York, shown in London and Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, New York Collects: Drawings and Watercolors, 1900-1950, May 20–August 29, 1999, no. 1, ill.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 41, ill.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 129, ill. lent by Morgan Library, New York; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Becoming Modern: 19th-Century French Drawings from The Morgan Library & Museum and The Menil Collection, February 27–June 14, 2015.
Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection, September 29, 2017–January 7, 2018, no. 44 of Catalogue Raisonné, ill., as The Bathers. Traveled to: Clark Art Institue, Williamstown, Massachusetts, February 3–April 29, 2018.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 88, Morgan Library and Museum.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, ill. opp. p. 14, as Baigneurs et baigneuses, dated ca. 1892.
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 119, ill. (detail).
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 149, ill.
J.V.L. "Propos sur Cézanne." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité (Paris) (June 14, 1935), ill. p. 8, as Baignade.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1110, ill. vol. II, as Baigneurs et baigneuses.
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 44, no. 30, ill. (dated c. 1890-1900), Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Cassou, Jean. Cézanne: Les baigneuses - huit aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Editions des quatre chemins, 1947.
Hartlaub, G.F. Die Impressionisten in Frankreich. Wiesbaden: Emil Vollmer Verlag, [c. 1953], ill. p. 43, as Badende.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 39, 41, fig. 47.
Sérullaz, Maurice. Cézanne: quinze aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Daniel Jacomet, 1971, pl. 8, as Baigneurs et baigneuses, c. 1890-1900.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 495, ill.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection: Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 83, ill.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 294, no. 144, ill., p. 300, no. 203 , ill. (detail), c. 1900, c. 1896 (detail).
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 185, fig. 138.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 201, fig. 139.
Brettell, Richard R. "Charting New Territory: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawing." In Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection. New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 27.
Tonkovich, Jennifer et Giada Damen. "Catalogue Raisonné." In Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection, Tonkovich, Jennifer, ed. New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, no. 44, ill., as The Bathers.
Related
Related work
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chappuis IV (CP IV), 1881; 1884–1900 (3018)
Sketchbook Chappuis IV (CP IV), 1881; 1884–1900 (3018)
The individual sheets in this sketchbook have been widely dispersed. Each page is numbered in Roman numerals.
Browse complete sketchbookRecord last updated March 8, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Groupe de baigneurs, c.1900 (FWN 3018-x2a), possibly page from the CP IV sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1477 (accessed on March 24, 2025).
