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 3003-41a
Deux études de baigneurs
1877–80
Alternate titles: Études de baigneurs; Two studies of bathers
Chappuis (440); Venturi (1256): 1878–82
Graphite and ink on wove paper, p. XLI from the CP I sketchbook
4 3/4 x 7 11/16 in. (12 x 19.5 cm)
Exhibition History
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 30, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 156, as Two studies of bathers, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 115, pl. 58, lent by Jasper Johns.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 92, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 90, Collection Jasper Johns.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Jasper Johns – The Artist as Collector, From Cezanne to de Kooning, September 30, 2023–February 4, 2024, no. 13a, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1256, ill. vol. II, as Études de baigneurs.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 440, ill., as Two studies of bathers.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 297, no. 174, ill. c. 1880.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chappuis I (CP I), 1871–92 (3003)
Sketchbook Chappuis I (CP I), 1871–92 (3003)
Notation on the back endpaper "LIV x 2" indicating the original number of recto and verso sheets of the sketchbook, which has since been disbanded and dispersed.
The page numbers are written in Roman numerals at the lower right corner of the recto pages.
Record last updated March 14, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Deux études de baigneurs, 1877–80 (FWN 3003-41a), p. XLI from the CP I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2100 (accessed on November 3, 2024).