Catalogue entry

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

(Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris?)

Auguste Pellerin, Paris;

Private collection

Simon Lévy, Paris

Heinz Berggruen, Paris

Paul Haim, Paris

Private collection, Japan

Exhibition History

1986 Tokyo and traveling

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 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 275, ill. vol. II, as La Baignade.

Andersen 1966

Andersen, Wayne V. "Two Unpublished Cézanne Self-portrait Drawings." The Burlington Magazine 108, no. 762 (September 1966), p. 476, 1876–78.

Ballas 1980

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 1980

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts Magazine 54, no. 9 (May 1980), p. 117, fig. 7.

Pickvance and Takumi 1986

Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 37, pl. 11.

Rewald 1986b

Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 109, ill.

Krumrine 1989b

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 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. 251, ill. vol. 2, as La Baignade.

Ballas 2002

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 2020

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.

Related work

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).