Catalogue entry

FWN 2038

Etude de baigneurs

1886–89

Alternate titles: Deux études de nus et un buste; Skizzenblatt mit stehender männlicher Figur; Study of bathers

Chappuis (946); Venturi (1252): 1885–87

Graphite on paper

8 15/16 x 11 5/8 in. (22.7 x 29.5 cm)

Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett

Keywords

Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- male bather / baigneur »
Studies
Details:
- study (studies) / étude(s) »

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris

Werner Feuz, Bern

Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1934)

Exhibition History

1956 The Hague

Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 119, 1885-87, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.

1956 Zurich

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 180.

1978 Tübingen

Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 144, ill. p. 240, as Skizzenblatt mit stehender männlicher Figur, 1886-1889, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.

1979 Rome

Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 87, ill., p. 92.

1988d New York

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 148, ill. p. 93.

1989 Basel

Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 107, pl. 80.

2017 Basel

Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 90, ill.

2021a New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 99, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1252, ill. vol. II, as Deux études de nus et un buste.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. XVI, listed p. 180, ill. p. 101 (detail in reverse).

Chappuis 1957

Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Cézanne. Lausanne: 1957, p. 84, no. 26, pl. 26 (detail).

Chappuis 1962

Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 139, ill.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 946, ill., as Study of bathers.

Koepplin 1988

Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 57, ill.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 296, no. 164, ill., p. 298, no. 181 (detail), ill. 1885-87.

Related work

Record last updated August 21, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude de baigneurs, 1886–89 (FWN 2038)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2631 (accessed on May 8, 2024).