Catalogue entry

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)
Whereabouts unknown

Keywords

Provenance
Camille Pissarro, Paris;
Estate of Camille Pissarro, Paris, Sale, Dec. 3, 1928 (attributed to Eugène Delacroix)
Pierre Dubaut, Paris
Whereabouts unknown
Exhibition History
1936g Paris
Galerie Quatre Chemins, Paris, Dessins et aquarelles de Cezanne, June 26–July 11, 1936, n.n.
1937 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Künstlerkopien, September 18–October 17, 1937, no. 195, as Kopien nach Delacroix, for sale.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
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 1973
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 1975
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 1980
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 2002
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).

Baigneuse et copies d'après Delacroix, 1869–72 (FWN 2231-TA). 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.
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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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 April 23, 2024).