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 909
La Baignade
1875–77
Rewald (251): 1875–77; Venturi revised: 1874–77; Cézanne fils: 1880–85; Venturi (275): 1875–77
Oil on canvas
5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (14 x 19 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 121, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1880–85
Private collection, Japan
Provenance
Private collection
Private collection, Japan
Exhibition History
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 11, ill. lent by private collection, shown in Tokyo only. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 275, ill. vol. II, as La Baignade.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Two Unpublished Cézanne Self-portrait Drawings." The Burlington Magazine 108, no. 762 (September 1966), p. 476, 1876–78.
Ballas, Guila. "Cézanne et la Galerie d'Apollon au Louvre." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français (1980), p. 263, fig. 14, as La Baignade.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts Magazine 54, no. 9 (May 1980), p. 117, fig. 7.
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 37, pl. 11.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 82 p. 120.
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. 251, ill. vol. 2, as La Baignade.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 13b p. 31, p. 291, no. 106, ill., as La Baignade, c. 1875.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 253, ill.
Notes
Chappuis relates the seated figure in the foreground to the figure of the River from the Apollo Ceiling by Delalcroix.
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Record last updated April 7, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Baignade, 1875–77 (FWN 909)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=254 (accessed on April 20, 2024).
