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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 3010-x2a
Baigneuses devant une montagne
1902–06
Alternate titles: Baigneuses; Bathers; Weibliche Badende (Baigneuses)
Rewald (W607); Venturi revised: 1900–05; Venturi (1108): 1900–06
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, page from the EH II sketchbook
5 x 8 1/2 in. (12.7 x 21.6 cm)
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Otto Wertheimer, Paris
Robert von Hirsch, Basel;
Von Hirsch Collection, Sotheby's, London, June 27, 1978, no. 835, ill.
British Rail Pension Fund, London;
Sotheby's, London, April 4, 1989, no. 18, ill.
Private collection, Europe;
Sotheby's, London, June 21, 2017, no. 10, ill., bought in
Private collection, Europe;
Christie's, New York, May 13, 2019, no. 23, ill.
Exhibition History
1935b Paris
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 141.1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 118, ill., as Weibliche Badende (Baigneuses), 1902-06, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.1986–87 Hamilton
The Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, The Society of the Four Arts, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Works from a British Collection, 1986–87, no. 6, ill.1987 Norwich
Castle Museum, Norwich, United Kingdom, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Works from a British Collection, 1987, no. 15.1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 92, pl. 202, lent by Private collection, Eppinghoven.Published References
Venturi 1936a
Venturi, Lionello. "Sur les dernières années de Cézanne." Minotaure, no. 9 (1936), fig. 12.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1108, ill. vol. II, as Baigneuses.Cassou 1947
Cassou, Jean. Cézanne: Les baigneuses - huit aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Editions des quatre chemins, 1947.Jourdain 1950
Jourdain, Francis. Cézanne. Paris: Braun, 1950, ill.Rewald 1951
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C IV, p. XXXIII (page missing), unidentified.Waldfogel 1962
Waldfogel, Melvin. "A Problem in Cézanne's 'Grandes Baigneuses.'" The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962), p. 204, fig. 37.Badt 1971
Badt, Kurt. Das Spätwerk Cézannes. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag, 1971, p. 49, fig. 14.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 607, ill.Teboul 1988
Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 31, ill.Shoemaker and Reff 1989
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 23, fig. 11, p. 199 (as missing), as possibly a page removed from the sketchbook.Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. p. 86, p. 279, no. 41, ill. before 1905.Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 181, fig. 132, as Bathers, dated 1894–1906.Related
Record last updated January 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneuses devant une montagne, 1902–06 (FWN 3010-x2a), page from the EH II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1590&sketchbook=3010 (accessed on May 5, 2024).
