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FWN 3008-45a
Etudes de baigneuse
c.1885–87
Chappuis (520)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XLV from the CP II sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (12.4 x 21.3 cm)
Sotheby's, London

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve (1934);
Chappuis-Barut Collection, Christie's, London, June 26, 2003, no. 330 leaf 11, ill.;
Christie's, London, February 9, 2006, no. 553 (with erroneous image of the verso)
Branco Weiss, London (2006);
Branco Weiss Collection, Sotheby's, London, June 20, 2013, no. 171, ill.
Published References
Krumrine 1988
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Parisian Writers and the Early Work of Cézanne." In Cézanne: The Early Years. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 17 (illustration of combined image).
Krumrine 1989b
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 30 p. 56 (sheets as they appear in the sketchbook).
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 284, no. 80, ill. 1879-82.
Etudes de baigneuse, c.1885–87 (FWN 3008-45a). The sheets as they appear in the sketchbook (XLIIII verso (left) and XLV (right). The combined image measures 12.4 x 43.6 cm.
The sheets as they appear in the sketchbook (XLIIII verso (left) and XLV (right). The combined image measures 12.4 x 43.6 cm.
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Record last updated November 10, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etudes de baigneuse, c.1885–87 (FWN 3008-45a), p. XLV from the CP II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=3126 (accessed on May 1, 2025).