Catalogue entry

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)

The Morgan Library & Museum, New York (Thaw Collection)

Keywords

Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- male bathers / biagneurs »

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris

Maurice Renou, Paris

Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1970)

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw, New York;

The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Exhibition History

1931a Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.

1935b Paris

Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.

1936 Basel

Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 81, as Badende, c. 1895, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.

1937 New York

Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 14?, as Baigneurs.

1939 Lyon

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.

1939d London

Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 65, as Bathers, c. 1900, lent by Cézanne fils (with erroneous measurements).

1982 Tübingen and traveling

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.

1989 Basel

Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 87, pl. 165.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

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.

1999c New York

The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, New York Collects: Drawings and Watercolors, 1900-1950, May 20–August 29, 1999, no. 1, ill.

1999a New York

Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 41, ill.

2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling

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.

2015 Houston

The Menil Collection, Houston, Becoming Modern: 19th-Century French Drawings from The Morgan Library & Museum and The Menil Collection, February 27–June 14, 2015.

2017–18 New York and traveling

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.

2021a New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 88, Morgan Library and Museum.

Published References

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 169, ill.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, ill. opp. p. 14, as Baigneurs et baigneuses, dated ca. 1892.

Fry 1929

Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 119, ill. (detail).

Rivière 1933

Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 149, ill.

J.V.L. 1935

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 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1110, ill. vol. II, as Baigneurs et baigneuses.

Venturi 1943

Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 44, no. 30, ill. (dated c. 1890-1900), Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.

Cassou 1947

Cassou, Jean. Cézanne: Les baigneuses - huit aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Editions des quatre chemins, 1947.

Hartlaub 1953

Hartlaub, G.F. Die Impressionisten in Frankreich. Wiesbaden: Emil Vollmer Verlag, [c. 1953], ill. p. 43, as Badende.

Berthold 1958

Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 39, 41, fig. 47.

Sérullaz 1971

Sérullaz, Maurice. Cézanne: quinze aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Daniel Jacomet, 1971, pl. 8, as Baigneurs et baigneuses, c. 1890-1900.

Rewald 1983a

Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 495, ill.

Denison et al. 1994

Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection: Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 83, ill.

Ballas 2002

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 2008

Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 185, fig. 138.

Landrot 2010

Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 57, ill.

Lloyd 2015

Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 201, fig. 139.

Brettell 2017

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 et. al. 2017

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 work

Record 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 April 26, 2024).