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 934
Cinq baigneurs
1876–77
Alternate titles: Baigneurs; Five Bathers; I cinque bagnati; Les cinq baigneurs; Nus
Rewald (254): 1876–77; Venturi revised: 1874–77; Cézanne fils: 1875–80; Venturi (268): 1875–77
Oil on canvas
9 3/8 x 9 13/16 in. (24 x 25 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, Morandi e il suo tempo, November 9, 1985–February 10, 1986, no. 122, ill., as I cinque bagnati, 1875-77.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 24, pl. 145.
Museo del palacio de bellas artes, Mexico City, Maestros del impresionismo, November 1998–February 1999, pp. 68-69 & 189, ill., as Les cinq baigneurs, c. 1875-1877.
Gallerie d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, The Nude: Ideal and Reality from Neoclassicism to Today, January 22–May 9, 2004, no. 52, ill., as Five Bathers.
Museo nacional de arte, Mexico City, The Male Nude: Dimensions of Masculinity from the 19th Century and Beyond, March 6–June 17, 2014, no. 90, ill., as Five Bathers, c. 1876-77.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne/Renoir, Capolovori dal Musée de l'Orangerie, March 19–June 30, 2024, no. 12, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Traveled to: Fondation Gianadda, Martigny, France, July 13–November 19, 2024 (Titled: Cézanne - Renoir, Regards croisés); Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, January 17–May 7, 2025; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, May 29–September 7, 2025; Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, September 20, 2025–January 25, 2026.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 268, ill. vol. II, as Les cinq baigneurs.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 39-40, figs. 42, 43.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Late Bather Paintings." Arts Magazine 52, no. 2 (October 1977), p. 118.
Catalogue sommaire illustré des nouvelles acquisitions du Musée d’Orsay: 1980-1983. Lacambre, Geneviève et Thiébaut Philippe, publication directors, coordination. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1983, p. 16, no. 20, ill., as Les cinq baigneurs, c. 1875-77.
Gache-Patin, Sylvie. "Musée d'Orsay, Galerie du Jeu de Paume: douze œuvres de Cézanne de l'ancienne collection Pellerin." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France 34, no. 2 (1984), pp. 139-141, fig. 10.
Anciens et Nouveaux: Choix d'oeuvres acquises par l'état ou avec sa participation de 1981 à 1985. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1985. Exhibition catalogue, p. 324, ill.
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 116, ill., as Baigneurs.
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. 254, ill. vol. 2, as Cinq baigneurs.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 9b p. 20, ill. pp.154 and 190, 240 (details), p. 291, no. 112, ill., as Cinq baigneurs, c. 1875.
Locke, Nancy. "Cézanne's 'Bathers', Watteau, and the Idea of Fantasy." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 77, no. 1/2 (2003), p. 21, fig. 3.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 255, ill., as Nus.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Cinq baigneurs, 1876–77 (FWN 934)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=257 (accessed on March 28, 2025).
