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 3003-27a-TA
Baigneur et étude pour Bethsabée
graphite, 1876–79; ink, c.1890
Alternate titles: Bather, Study for Bathsheba; Etudes pour Bethsabée (crayon) et pour un baigneur debout (plume); Studie zu der Komposition "La Toilette de la Courtisane"
Chappuis (465); Venturi (1273-03)
Graphite and ink on blue wove paper, p. XXVII from the CP I sketchbook
4 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (11.8 x 19 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 115, as Studie zu der Komposition "La Toilette de la Courtisane", c. 1875, lent by Adrien Chappuis, Paris.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 55, as Etudes pour Bethsabée (crayon) et pour un baigneur debout (plume), lent by Adrien Chappuis.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1273-03, as "Page XXVII".
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 465, ill., as Bather, Study for Bathsheba.
Related
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.
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facing: missing sheet (3003-18–26b)
current: Baigneur et étude pour Bethsabée, graphite, 1876–79; ink, c.1890 (3003-27a-TA)
Record last updated May 18, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneur et étude pour Bethsabée, graphite, 1876–79; ink, c.1890 (FWN 3003-27a-TA), on blue wove paper, p. XXVII 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=2125 (accessed on March 27, 2025).
