Catalogue entry

FWN 940

Cinq baigneuses

1877–78

Alternate titles: Cinco bañistas; Five Bathers; Nus

Rewald (365): 1877–78; Venturi revised: 1878–79; Venturi (385): 1879–82; Cooper: c.1877,c.1877; Gowing: 1879 (Burlington)

Oil on canvas

17 7/8 x 21 5/8 in. (45.5 x 55 cm)

Musée Picasso, Paris (donation Picasso, 1973) (RF 1973-61)

Keywords

Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- female bathers / baigneuses »
Technique and Condition:
- parallel brush strokes »

Provenance

Auguste Pellerin, Paris;

M. et Mme René Lecomte, Paris;

Mme X Collection, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, June 8, 1956, no. 6, ill.

Marlborough Galleries, London.

Pablo Picasso, Mougins (Nov. 1957);

Musée du Louvre, Paris (Pablo Picasso Collection);

Musée Picasso, Paris.

Exhibition History

1939 Lyon

Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 27, lent by Lecomte.

1954 Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 44, lent by private collection, Paris.

1957 London

Lefevre Gallery, London, XIX and XX Century French Paintings, March–April 1957, no. 8, ill.

1957a London

Marlborough Galleries, London, XIX and XX Century European Masters, June–July 1957, no. 8, ill. p. 22, as Cinq baigneuses, c. 1879-82 (for sale).

1978c Paris

Musée du Louvre, Pavillon de Flore, Paris, Donations Picasso: la collection personnelle de Picasso, 1978, no. 4, ill. in color, as Cinq baigneuses, catalogue entry: Anne Distel.

1989 Basel

Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 38, pl. 115.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 50, ill. shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.

1998 Munich

Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Picasso und seine Sammlung, April 30–August 16, 1998, no. 11, ill., as Cinq baigneuses.

1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling

Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 95, ill., as Cinq baigneuses. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.

2007–08 Barcelona

Museu Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Picasso y su colección, December 19, 2007–March 30, 2008, no no., p.83, ill., as Cinco bañistas, 1877-1878.

2009 Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 2, p. 65, as Cinq baigneuses.

2009 Aix-en-Provence

Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 37, ill., as Cinq baigneuses.

2017 Martigny

Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 91, ill. lent by Musée Picasso, Paris.

2022–23 Chicago and traveling

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 105, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.

Published References

Faure 1911

Faure, Élie. "Paul Cézanne." L'Art décoratif 13, no. 157 (October 5, 1911), p. 127, ill.

Ruckstull 1924

Ruckstull, Fred Wellington. Bolshevism in Art and Its Propagandists. New York: Veritas, 1924, p. 36, fig. 13.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 385, ill. vol. II, as Cinq baigneuses.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. XII, listed p. 179.

Cooper 1954a

Cooper, Douglas. "Two Cézanne Exhibitions-I' and 'II." The Burlington Magazine 96, no. 620 and no. 621 (November and December 1954), fig. 17 p. [347] (no. 620), as Cinq baigneuses.

Wadley 1975

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 52.

Müller 1982

Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 45.

Besnard-Bernadac et al. 1985

Besnard-Bernadac, Marie-Laure et al. "Collection personnelle de Picasso." In Musée Picasso: catalogue sommaire des collections, I. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1985, p. 234, no. T. 7, ill., as Cinq baigneuses.

Plazy 1988

Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 98, ill. in color.

Teboul 1988

Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 38, ill. (in reverse).

Gasquet 1991

Gasquet, Joachim. Joachim Gasquet's Cézanne. Translated by C. Pemberton. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991, p. 99, ill.

Bozal 1995

Bozal, Valeriano. "Paul Cézanne: la mirada es le leguaje." La Balsa de la Medusa (Madrid) 36 (1995), p. 92, ill. p. 91, as Cinco bañistas.

Sollers 1995

Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 17, ill.

Coutagne et al. 1996

Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 180.

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. 365, ill. vol. 2, as Cinq baigneuses.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. pp. 60 and 252 (detail), p. 277, no. 17, ill., as Cinq baigneuses, 1880-82.

Farber 2006

Farber, Jules B. Autour de Cézanne. Sommières: Romain Pages, 2006, p. 71, ill. in color.

D'Souza 2008

D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, fig. 51, ill.

Elderfield 2009

Elderfield, John. "Picasso's Extreme Cézanne." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 244, pl. 70, as Five Bathers.

Shiff 2009a

Shiff, Richard. "Lucky Cézanne (Cézanne Tychique)." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 65, pl. 2, as Five Bathers.

Colrat 2013

Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 172, pl. 67.

Benedetti 2013b

Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 56, fig. 64.

Lloyd 2015

Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 171, fig. 117.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 247, ill., as Nus.

Notes

Rewald (1996, pp. 242–43) pointed out the "stark blue tree at the left, whose color is echoed by the towel close to the crouching figure at the right, [which] seems to indicate that Cézanne, like his friends Pissarro, Monet, and Renoir, occasionally showed a predilection for blue tonalities during the late 1870z and early 1880s," described as "indigomania" and "hairdresser's blue" by the novelist J.K. Huysmans.

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Record last updated April 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Cinq baigneuses, 1877–78 (FWN 940)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=361 (accessed on April 30, 2024).