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 916
Baigneuses
1875–76
Alternate titles: Bagnanti; Bathers; Six Baigneuses; The Bathers
Rewald (256): 1875–76; Venturi revised: 1874–77; Venturi (265): 1873–77; Cooper: c.1875; Gowing: c.1875 (Edinburgh)
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/8 in. (38.1 x 46 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Charles A. Loeser, Florence (Jan. 25, 1897);
Mrs. M. Loeser Calnan, Florence (1928)
[Hector Brame, Paris]
M. Guidi, Lausanne
Knoedler Galleries, New York and César M. De Hauke, New York (Sept. 26, 1963)
Mrs. Joan Whitney Payson, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1975)
Exhibition History
1920 Venice
Biennale, Venice, Italy, Mostra Individuale di Paul Cézanne, April 15–October 31, 1920, no. 26, as Bagnanti, lent by Loeser.1945 Florence
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy, La Peinture française à Florence, Summer 1945, no. 125, ill., pl. LXXXVII, as Baigneuses, lent by Loeser.1946 Rome
Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Tableaux français en Italie, Tableaux italiens en France, Summer 1946, no. 116.1948 Venice
Biennale Internationale d'Arte, Venice, Italy, Gli Impressionisti alla XXIV Biennale di Venezia, May 29–September 30, 1948, no. 40, ill., as Bagnanti, c. 1879–82, lent by Matilde Loeser-Calnan, Florence.1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 14, as Baigneuses, c. 1875, lent by Matilde Loeser Calnan. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.1980 Kyoto and traveling
Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, The Joan Whitney Payson Collection, September 13–October 12, 1980, no. 35, ill. Traveled to: Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, October 17–December 9, 1980.1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 15, pl. 88, p. 6 (detail).1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 37, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.1997–98 Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori
Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, Italy, Cézanne, Fattori e il '900 in Italia, December 7, 1997–April 13, 1998, no. 1, ill. in color.2000 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 8, ill., p. 28, lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.2002 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 118, ill. lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.2007 Florence
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, Cézanne a Firenze: Due collezionisti e la mostra dell'impressionismo del 1910 [In English:Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism], March 2–July 29, 2007, fig. 36, pp. 112–13, ill., 266, as Baigneuses.2011–12 San Francisco and traveling
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde, May 21–September 6, 2011, as Bathers, 1874-75, lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Traveled to: Grand Palais, Paris, October 5, 2011–January 16, 2012 (see Paris 2011-12a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 21–June 3, 2012.2012 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia, June 20–September 3, 2012, no number, ill., p. 214, fig. 164 (dated 1874–75).2015–16 Minneapolis and traveling
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art, October 18, 2015–January 16, 2016, no. 33, ill. Traveled to: National Gallery, London, February 17–May 22, 2016.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 14, ill. 1874–75. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Castelfranco 1934
Castelfranco, Giorgio. La Pittura moderna. Florence: Luigi Gonnelli, 1934, pl. 22.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 265, ill. vol. II, as Baigneuses.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 38-39, 40, fig. 35.Waldfogel 1961
Waldfogel, Melvin. The Bathers of Paul Cézanne. Cambridge, MA: Ph.D. diss., Harvard University, 1961, pp. 138–39, fig. 28.Tsiakma 1977
Tsiakma, Katia. "Cézanne's and Poussin's Nudes." Art Journal 37, no. 2 (Winter 1977), fig. 7.Baetjer 1980
Baetjer, Katherine. European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, p. 26, ill. p. 614.Krumrine 1980
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts Magazine 54, no. 9 (May 1980), p. 118, fig. 12.Shiff 1984
Shiff, Richard. Cézanne and the end of Impressionism: a study of the theory, technique, and a critical evaluation of modern art. Chicago; London: The Univesity of Chicago Press, 1984, p. 114, fig. 23, as Bathers, 1875-1876.Moffett 1985
Moffett, Charles S. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985, pp. 178–79.Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 107, ill.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 109, ill.Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 53, 237, fig. 27.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. 256, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneuses.Smith 1996
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 14, fig. 6, as Bathers.Bach 2000
Bach, Friedrich Teja. "The Stake in the Pictorial Flesh: Disruptions in Cézanne's Oeuvre." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 70, fig. 11, as Baigneuses.Coutagne 2000
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne au fil de l'eau." In Au fil de l'eau. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 28, as Baigneuses.Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. p. 36, fig. b (detail) p. 266, p. 276, no. 3, ill., p. 302 listed without no., as Six Baigneuses, c. 1877.Feilchenfeldt 2005c
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 207, ill.Macadam 2007
Macadam, Alta. "Cézanne in Florence, Florence." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1252 (July 2007), pp. 508-509, fig. 54, as The Bathers.Bardazzi 2007b
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 266, fig. 36.D'Souza 2008
D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, fig. 43, ill.Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 174, fig. 123.Rishel 2012c
Rishel, Joseph J. "Cézanne, Virgil, Poussin." In Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 170, fig. 164, as Bathers, dated 1874–75.Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 222, pl. 103.Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 268, ill.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. 96, fig. 1, as Bathers.Notes
This painting is one of Cézanne's earliest compositions of bathers.
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