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)
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© The Art Institute of Chicago
FWN 3006-18b
Baigneur et petit figure
1874–78
Alternate titles: Bather and mall figure; Male Bather and Small Figure
Chappuis (384)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XVIII verso from the AIC sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 9/16 in. (12.4 x 21.7 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C II, p. XVIII verso, p. 100.
Schniewind, Carl O., ed. Paul Cézanne Sketchbook Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. New York: Curt Valentin, 1951, text p. 29, ill.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Sketchbook in the Art Institute of Chicago." The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962).
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Bather with Outstretched Arms." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 59, periode 6 (March 1962), p. 177, 178 and 180, fig. 4 p. 178 (detail).
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 384, ill., as Bather and mall figure.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 76, fig. 4, as Male Bather and Small Figure.
Notes
Barely visible behind the bather is a study of a straw hat.
Related work
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chicago, c.1875–86 (3006)
Sketchbook Chicago, c.1875–86 (3006)
The sketchbook is currently bound and contains 50 sheets, indicated by the notation "Lx2" on the back endpaper. Several pages were removed and sold separately.
The page numbers are written in Roman numerals on the 'a" side of the sheet at the bottom right.
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Record last updated October 27, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneur et petit figure, 1874–78 (FWN 3006-18b), p. XVIII verso from the AIC sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2042 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
