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© Purrmann Archiv
FWN 3008-28b
Baigneur vu de dos
1875–78
Alternate titles: Baigneur debout, vu de dos; Bather seen back view; Stehender männlicher Rückenakt
Chappuis (424); Venturi (1289-01)
Graphite on gray-blue wove paper, p. XXVIII verso from the CP II sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 9/16 in. (12.4 x 21.8 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 141, ill. p. 236, as Stehender männlicher Rückenakt, 1875-1878, lent by Private collection.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 111, pl. 152, lent by R. Purrmann, Starnberg.
Glyptothek, Munich, Skulpturenzeichnungen, July 19–September 18, 1994, no. 22, ill. p. 15 and cover, 1879-82 (?), lent by Private collection.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 79, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1289-01, as "Page XXVIII v."
Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des chroniques du jour, 1938, no. 33, ill., as Baigneur debout, vu de dos.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 425, ill., as Bather seen back view.
Vierneisel, Klaus. In Paul Cézanne: Skulpturenzeichnungen. Munich: Staatliche Antikenammlung und Glyptothek, 1994. Exhibition catalogue, p.14, fig. 4 p. 15, cat. no. 22.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 298, no. 183, ill. 1881-82.
Related work
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chappuis II (CP II), 1871–98 (3008)
Sketchbook Chappuis II (CP II), 1871–98 (3008)
The sketchbook originally contained 50 sheets; the pages are numbered on the "a" side at lower right in Roman numerals.
At the time of Chappuis' purchase from Paul Guillaume, the sketchbook was incomplete and a number of pages already dispersed and are still missing.
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current: Baigneur vu de dos, 1875–78 (3008-28b)
Record last updated July 2, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneur vu de dos, 1875–78 (FWN 3008-28b), on gray-blue wove paper, p. XXVIII verso from the CP II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2084&sketchbook=3008 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
