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Catalogue entry

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)
Christie's, London

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve (1934)
Chappuis-Barut Collection, Christie's, London, June 26, 2003, no. 330, leaf 10/11, ill.
Christie's, London, Feb. 9, 2006, no. 548, ill.
Private collection (2006);
Christie's, London, February 8, 2012, no. 282, ill.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
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 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 60, ill. (detail).
Chappuis 1973
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 1988
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 1989b
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).
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 58, ill.
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 284, no. 81, ill. 1879-82.
Etudes de baigneuse s'essuyant et tête de madame Cezanne, bather, 1879–82; head, 1883–85 (FWN 3008-44b). The sheets as they appear in the sketchbook (XLIIII verso (left) and XLV (right). The combined image measures 12.4 x 43.6 cm.
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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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 April 26, 2024).