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 927
Baigneur assis au bord de l'eau
c.1876
Alternate titles: Baigneur assis; Femme nue accroupie; Nu assis; Nu assis en plein air; Petit Nu; Sitzender Akt im Freien
Rewald (263): c.1876; Venturi revised: 1872–77; Cézanne fils: 1880; Venturi (260): 1875–77
Oil on canvas
11 3/8 x 8 5/16 in. (29 x 21 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 79, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1880
Provenance
Exhibition History
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, Trente ans d’art indépendant: rétrospective de 1884 à 1914, February 20–March 21, 1926, no. 2871, as Petit Nu, lent by Paul Guillaume.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Collection Paul Guillaume: exposition au profit de la Société des Amis du Luxembourg, May 25–June 1929, p. 53, ill., as Nu assis.
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 14, as Nu assis en plein air, lent by P. Guillaume.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 19, ill., as Sitzender Akt im Freien, 1875-77, lent by Private collection, Basel.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 21, pl. 135.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 84, ill.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 41, ill.
Published References
Waldemar-George. La grande peinture contemporaine à la collection Paul Guillaume. Paris: Éditions des Arts à Paris, 1929, ill. p. 53, as Nu assis.
Alexandre, Arsène. "L'Exposition Cézanne à la galerie du Théâtre Pigalle." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 13, no. 1 (January 1930), ill. p. 75, as Nu assis.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 260, ill. vol. II, as Nu assis en plein air.
Baumgarter, Michael. Die Sammlung Karl und Jürg Im Obersteg. Bern: Benteli Verlag, 1995, no. 1, ill.
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. 263, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneur assis au bord de l'eau.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 293, no. 131, ill., as Baigneur assis, 1875-77.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 270, ill., as Femme nue accroupie, installation photograph from 1931 exhibition, p. 125.
Notes
For related works see FWN 2023, 2024, 3010-45b, 3003-30b, 3009-33b and 3006-28a.
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. "Baigneur assis au bord de l'eau, c.1876 (FWN 927)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=264 (accessed on February 7, 2025).