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 2231-TA
Baigneuse et copies d'après Delacroix
1869–72
Alternate titles: Figures from the Ceiling of Apollo; Kopien nach Delacroix; Woman bathing, and copies after Delacroix
Chappuis (181)
Graphite on paper
8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (21 x 26 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Quatre Chemins, Paris, Dessins et aquarelles de Cezanne, June 26–July 11, 1936, n.n.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Künstlerkopien, September 18–October 17, 1937, no. 195, as Kopien nach Delacroix, for sale.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 93, ill., as Baigneuse et copies d'après Delacroix, 1869-72, lent by Private collection, France. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Published References
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 181, ill., as Woman bathing, and copies after Delacroix.
Lichtenstein, Sara. "Cézanne's Copies and Variants after Delacroix." Apollo (London) 101, no. 156 (February 1975), fig. 18, p. 120, as Figures from the Ceiling of Apollo.
Ballas, Guila. "Cézanne et la Galerie d'Apollon au Louvre." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français (1980), p. 261, fig. 9, as Baigneuse et copies d'après Delacroix.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 12d p. 30, p. 303, no. 218, ill. 1869-72.
Notes
The lower half of this sheet contains four sketches copied from a reproduction of the Ceiling of Apollo, by Eugène Delacroix in the Louvre. They represent an allegorical figure of a River (see also FWN3017-27a and 2264), a seated Venus (see also FWN3017-14b), a floating corpse and a wild animal (see also FWN3017-26a).
Eugène Delacroix, Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (Apollo killing the Python snake) central panel of the ceiling of the Galerie d'Apollon, Musée du Louvre.
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Record last updated October 15, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneuse et copies d'après Delacroix, 1869–72 (FWN 2231-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1832 (accessed on October 6, 2024).
