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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)
Catalogue entry
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)
Vollard archives: photo no. 305, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1875–80
Provenance
Auguste Pellerin, Paris
Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris;
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1982);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1982-1984);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986)
Exhibition History
1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 16.1985–86 Bologna
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, 1875-77.1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 24, pl. 145.1998–99 Mexico City
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. 1875-1877.2004 Bologna
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.2014 Mexico City
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.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 268, ill. vol. II, as Les cinq baigneurs.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 39-40, figs. 42, 43.Reff 1977b
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Late Bather Paintings." Arts Magazine 52, no. 2 (October 1977), p. 118.Musée d'Orsay 1983
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 1984
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.Réunion des Musées Nationaux 1985
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 et al. 1986
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 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. 254, ill. vol. 2, as Cinq baigneurs.Ballas 2002
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 2003
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 2020
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.Related
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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 April 26, 2024).
