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 2210
Etude de nus plongeant
1863–66
Alternate title: Study of nudes diving
Chappuis (96)
Graphite on yellowed paper; the background is washed with white, perhaps not by the hand of Cézanne
7 1/16 x 10 5/8 in. (18 x 27 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 71, ill., as Etude de nus plongeant, shown in London and Paris only ? Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 2, L.A. County Museum of Art.
Published References
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 12, ill.
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 96, ill., as Study of nudes diving.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 25, fig. 14.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude de nus plongeant, 1863–66 (FWN 2210), ; the background is washed with white, perhaps not by the hand of Cézanne." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1744 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
