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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
© The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA/ The Bridgeman Art Library
FWN 922
Trois baigneuses
1876–77
Alternate titles: Bathers; Three Bathers
Rewald (359): 1876–77; Venturi revised: 1873–75; Venturi (270): 1875–77
Oil on canvas
10 x 13 1/4 in. (25.4 x 33.7 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3793, des femmes nues à l'huile se baignent dans une rivière sous des arbres formant voûte, 24 x 33 cm (50 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 125, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1880
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
[Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York]
Dr. Albert C. Barnes, Merion (Dec. 11, 1912);
Barnes Foundation, Merion and Philadelphia
Published References
Bernard 1925
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 140.Bernard 1926a
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 68.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 270, ill. vol. II, as Trois baigneuses.Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 82, ill. p. 199 (analysis pp. 332–38).Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 53, listed p. 152.Franz 1956
Franz, H.G. "Cézanne und die Abkehr von Impressionismus." Forschungen und Fortschritte (February 1956), p. 54.Reff 1977b
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Late Bather Paintings." Arts Magazine 52, no. 2 (October 1977), p. 117.Ponente 1981
Ponente, Nello, ed. Cézanne e le avanguardie. Rome: Officina Edizioni, 1981, Via: pl. 3.Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 108, ill.Ballas 1983
Ballas, Guila. "Unknown Sources for Cézanne's Women Bathers." In Norms and Variations in Art: Essays in Honor of Moshe Barasch. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1983, pp. 185, 187.Distel 1993
Distel, Anne. "Dr. Barnes in Paris." In Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 31, fig. 3, as Bathers.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. 359, ill. vol. 2, as Trois baigneuses.Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 9a p. 20, ill. pp. 46 (detail), 50 and 240 (detail), p. 276, no. 11, ill., as Trois baigneuses, c. 1875.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, no. 9, pp. 96–104, as Three Bathers (catalogue notes by M. Lucy).Notes
This painting is closely related to [Trois baigneuses, 1876–77 (923)]. Several drawings are also connected to the work (FWN 3003-08a and FWN3003-08b). The standing figure at left recurs in a number of compositions of female bathers.
Record last updated April 27, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Trois baigneuses, 1876–77 (FWN 922)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=355 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
