Catalogue entry

FWN 907

Baigneuse assise

c.1876–77

Alternate titles: Baigneuse; Bather

Rewald (249): c.1875; Venturi revised: 1872–77; Cézanne fils: 1877; Venturi (258): 1873–77

Oil on paper mounted on canvas

7 11/16 x 4 11/16 in. (19.5 x 12 cm)

Vollard archives: photo no. 194, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1877

Columbus Museum of Art (Gift of Howard D. and Babette L. Sirak, the Donors to the Campaign for Enduring Excellence, and the Derby Fund)

Keywords

Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- female bather / baigneuse »
Technique and Condition:
- oil on paper »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Modern Art Centre, Zurich, Max Bollag, Zurich, March, 20-21, 1952, no. 250, ill.

Max de Beer, London

O'Hana Galleries, London

Sam Salz, New York

Columbus Museum of Art (1991)

Exhibition History

1953 Aix-en-Provence and traveling

Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, supplement to catalogue, as Baigneuse, 1873-77, lent by Max Bollack, Zürich. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 258, ill. vol. II, as Baigneuse assise.

Auzas 1946

Auzas, Pierre. Peintures de Cézanne. Paris: Editions du Chêne, 1946, pl. V (in color), as Baigneuse assise, dated 1873–77.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 33, ill. (with related drawing).

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 58, ill. in b/w.

Rewald 1996

Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 249, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneuse assise.

Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021

Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 77, fig. 5, as Bather.

Related work

Record last updated October 27, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneuse assise, c.1876–77 (FWN 907)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=252 (accessed on April 26, 2024).