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 3008-44b
Etudes de baigneuse s'essuyant et tête de madame Cezanne
bather, 1879–82; head, 1883–85
Alternate title: Woman bather drying herself, and head of Mme Cezanne
Chappuis (520); Venturi (1295)
Graphite on wove paper p. XLIIII verso from the CP II sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (12.4 x 21.3 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1295, ill. vol. II, as "Page XLIV v." and "Page XLV".
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 60, ill. (detail).
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 520, ill., as Woman bather drying herself, and head of Mme Cezanne.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Parisian Writers and the Early Work of Cézanne." In Cézanne: The Early Years. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 17 (illustration of combined image).
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 30 p. 56 (sheets as they appear in the sketchbook).
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 284, no. 81, ill. 1879-82.
The sheets as they appear in the sketchbook (XLIIII verso (left) and XLV (right). The combined image measures 12.4 x 43.6 cm.
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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: Etudes de baigneuse s'essuyant et tête de madame Cezanne, bather, 1879–82; head, 1883–85 (3008-44b)
Record last updated November 10, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etudes de baigneuse s'essuyant et tête de madame Cezanne, bather, 1879–82; head, 1883–85 (FWN 3008-44b), p. XLIIII 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=2186 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
