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 931
Le Bain
1880–82 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Badende; Le Bain, trois baigneurs; The Bath
Rewald (451): 1880–82 (possibly later); Venturi revised: 1885–88; Venturi (395): 1879–82; Rivière: 1888
Oil on canvas
13 13/16 x 8 11/16 in. (35 x 22 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 22, as Badende, c. 1880, lent by Private collection.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Petits Formats, May–July 1978, no. 25, ill.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 16, ill., as Le Bain, lent by Private collection.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 39, pl. 143.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Kunst über Grenzen. Die Klassische Moderne von Cézanne bis Tinguely und die Weltkunst - aus der Schweiz gesehen, March 7–May 30, 1999, no. 7, ill.
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany, El Greco und die Moderne, April 28–August 12, 2012, listed p. 405, ill. p. 164, as The Bath, 1880-82, lent by Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 148.
Adès, Albert. "Mirbeau, critique d'art et collectionneur." La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe (Paris), vol. 2, no. 2 (February 1919), p. 54, ill. p. 50, as Le Bain.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 181.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 216, listed.
Rey, Robert. La Renaissance du sentiment classique. Paris: G. van Oest, 1931, ill. opp. p. 84.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 395, ill. vol. II, as Le Bain.
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 101, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 451, ill.
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 32, 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. 451, ill. vol. 2, as Le Bain.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 293, no. 137, ill., as Le Bain, trois baigneurs, 1889-90.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 147; vol. 2, p. 110, as Le Bain.
Related work
Record last updated July 11, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Bain, 1880–82 (possibly later) (FWN 931)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=442 (accessed on March 16, 2025).
