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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
FWN 3018-11b
Baigneuses sous un pont
1900–06
Alternate titles: Baigneuses sous le pont; Bathers by a Bridge; Bathers under a Bridge; Bathers Under the Bridge; Le pont; The Bridge
Rewald (W601); Venturi revised: 1902–06; Venturi (1115): c.1895
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, p. XXII from the CP IV sketchbook
8 1/4 x 10 11/16 in. (21 x 27.2 cm)
Provenance
Georges Bernheim, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (October 6, 1919)
Montross Gallery, New York (April 20, 1920)
Lillie P. Bliss, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Lillie P. Bliss Bequest)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Exhibition History
1920 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters, April 17–May 9, 1920, no. 53, as Bathers Under the Bridge (lent by Lillie Bliss).1920a New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cezanne Watercolors, February 10–21, 1920.1921d New York
Museum of the French Institute, New York, Cezanne, Redon and Others,, March 16–April 3, 1921, no. 12.1926 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926.1931–32 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. 13. 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. 18A.1935 Pittsburgh
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 27.1935 Chicago
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 21–June 11, 1935, no. 4.1951 Poughkeepsie
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, [unknown title], 1951.1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 97, ill., as The Bridge, c. 1895, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1962 Minneapolis and traveling
University of Minnesota Gallery, Minneapolis, The Nineteenth Century: One Hundred Twenty-five Master Drawings, March 26–April 23, 1962, no. 14. Traveled to: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, May 15–July 1, 1962.1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 50, pl. XXXVIII, as Baigneuses sous un pont, 1895-1900, lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.1967 Pasadena
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 23, ill.1973–74 Paris
Cabinet des Dessins, Musee du Louvre, Paris, Dessins francais du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, de David à Picasso, October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974, no. 9, pl. 69, as Baigneuses sous un pont.1977–78 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 117, ill., pl. 197, as Bathers under a Bridge, c. 1900, lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).1981b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nineteenth Century French Drawings and Prints, June 23–August 23, 1981.1988c New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Watercolors and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, September 6–November 6, 1988.1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 91, pl. 203.1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 39, ill.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 131, ill., (dated c. 1900), lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 146, ill.2014–15a New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: Drawings and Watercolors from the Metropolitan Museum's Collection, November 18, 2014–March 15, 2015.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 103, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.Published References
Klein 1934
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 18a.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1115, ill. vol. II, as Le pont.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. 99a, as Bathers under a Bridge.Pantheon 1947
Pantheon. Cezanne 10 Water Colors. New York: Pantheon, 1947, no. [07], as Bathers under a Bridge, c. 1895, Museum of Modern Art, New York.Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 42, ill.Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, color pl. IV.Hoog 1971
Hoog, Michel. L'Univers de Cézanne. Paris: Henri Scrépel, 1971, p. 83, ill.Hibbard 1980
Hibbard, Howard. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harper & Row, 1980, fig. 793.Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 58, ill.Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 109, ill.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 601, ill.Teboul 1988
Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 60, ill.Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 316, fig. 164.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 505, fig. 3, as Baigneuses sous un pont, 1900-1906.Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 174.Los Llanos 1996
Los Llanos, José de. L'Aquarelle de Dürer à Kandinsky. Vanves [Paris]: Editions Hazan, 1996, p. 184, ill. p. 187.Coutagne 2000
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne au fil de l'eau." In Au fil de l'eau. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 9.Lebensztejn 2006
Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude. Études cézanniennes. Paris: Flammarion, 2006, p. 38, fig. 10.Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 194, fig. 143.Cézanne 2013
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 367, ill.Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 167, fig. 63.Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 199, fig. 137, dated 1906.Nagaï 2016
Nagaï, Takanori. "Cézanne and Jas de Bouffan." In Le "basho" dans l'art moderne français. Tokyo: Sangensha, 2016, p. 138, ill.Lloyd 2019
Lloyd, Christopher. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawings. New York: Thames & Hudson Inc., 2019, p. 96, ill., as Bathers by a Bridge.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 430, ill., as Baigneuses sous le pont, verso not mentioned.Record last updated December 20, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneuses sous un pont, 1900–06 (FWN 3018-11b), p. XXII 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=1584&sketchbook=3018 (accessed on April 30, 2024).
