Catalogue entry

FWN 2029

Cinq baigneuses

1879–82

Alternate titles: Baigneuses; Cinco bañistas; Five Bathers; Five Women bathers

Chappuis (517); Venturi (1490): 1883–87

Graphite on paper

5 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (14.6 x 13.3 cm)

Christie's, London

Keywords

Figure compositions:
- figure(s) in landscape or figure composition »
Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- female bathers / baigneuses »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Richard Davis, Minneapolis

New Gallery [E.V. Thaw], New York

Mrs. H.J. (Drue) Heinz (1960);

Christie's, New York, May 14, 2019, no. 129, ill.

Karsten Schubert Ltd., London;

Estate of Karsten Schubert;

Christie's, London, March 4, 2022, no. 428, ill.

Exhibition History

1989 Basel

Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 121, pl. 101a, lent by Private collection.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 63, ill. in color, p. 203, as Cinq baigneuses, 1885-1887, lent by Drue Heinz. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.

2019–20 Manchester

The Whitworth, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Cézanne at the Whitworth, August 20, 2019–March 1, 2020, no. 9, ill., as Five Bathers, lent by Karsten Schubert Ltd.

2021a New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 101, Collection Karsten Schubert Ltd.

Published References

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 174, ill.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1490, ill. vol. II, as Baigneuses.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 517, ll, as Five Women bathers.

Krumrine 1989b

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 129 p. 164.

Bozal 1995

Bozal, Valeriano. "Paul Cézanne: la mirada es le leguaje." La Balsa de la Medusa (Madrid) 36 (1995), ill. cover, as Cinco bañistas, 1885-87, Private collection.

Cachin and Rishel 1995

Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 203, fig. 63.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 280, no. 51, ill.

Ruppen 2021

Ruppen, Fabienne. "Constructing Drawings: On Cezanne's Use of Artists' Materials." In Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 2.

Related work

Record last updated February 18, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Cinq baigneuses, 1879–82 (FWN 2029)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2183 (accessed on April 26, 2024).