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 2044
Baigneuses
c.1903
Alternate titles: Badende; Weibliche Badende (Baigneuses)
Rewald (W609); Venturi revised: c.1903; Venturi (1106): c.1903; Rivière: 1903
Graphite and watercolor on paper
8 13/16 x 12 3/8 in. (22.4 x 31.5 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibition History
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 35, as Baigneuses, lent by Cézanne fils.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 137, as Baigneuses, 1903, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 119, ill., as Weibliche Badende (Baigneuses), 1902-06, 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. 94, pl. 198.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 69, ill., as Baigneuses, c. 1903, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1106, ill. vol. II, as Baigneuses .
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 97, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 45, no. 31, ill. (dated c. 1903), Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Cassou, Jean. Cézanne: Les baigneuses - huit aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Editions des quatre chemins, 1947.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 609, ill. and color pl. 49.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. p. 85, p. 279, no. 43, ill.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézanne: Vollendet, Unvollendet." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 279, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 3; vol. 2, p. 19, as Baigneuses .
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 182, fig. 134.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 621, no. 1481, ill. in color, as Baigneuses , 1902-1906.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin Français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2013, no. 1481, p. 621, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 202, fig. 140.
Kaufmann, Bettina. Paul Cezanne: Die Bilder seiner Ausstellung Paris 1907 besucht, betrachtet und beschrieben von Rainer Maria Rilke. Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 2018, no. 35, pp. 70-71 et p. 191, ill., as Baigneuses .
Walter Feilchenfeldt. "Paul Cezanne." In Landschaftszeichnungen aus der Sammlung eines Kunsthändlers. Schleswig, 2019. Exhibition catalogue, p. 90, ill. in color, as Badende.
Record last updated September 3, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneuses, c.1903 (FWN 2044)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1592 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
