Catalogue entry

FWN 944

Baigneuses devant une tente

1883–85 (possibly earlier)

Alternate titles: Baigneuses; Baigneuses d'Aix; Baigneuses devant la tente; Frauen nach dem Bade vor einem Zelt; Frauen vor einem Zelt; La Tente; Stan; Tältet

Rewald (553): 1883–85 (possibly earlier); Venturi revised: 1885–88; Venturi (543): 1883–85; Vollard: 1878; Ratcliffe: 1885–86

Oil on canvas

24 13/16 x 33 1/16 in. (63 x 84 cm)

Vollard A stockbook: no. 3472, huile; femmes nues à côté d'un grand arbre des branches duquel pend une linge à la manière d'une tente, 64 x 81 cm (150 frs)

Vollard B stockbook: no. 3806, Baigneuses, 63 x 81 cm (300 frs)

Vollard archives: photo no. 151, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1880

Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart

Keywords

Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- female bathers / baigneuses »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Moderne Galerie [Heinrich Thannhauser], Munich

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Klas Fahraeus, Lidingön-Stockholm (June 1912)

Walther Halvorsen, Oslo

Ragnar Moltzau, Oslo

Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart (1959)

Exhibition History

1895 Paris

Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895.

1904b Paris

Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Salle Cézanne, October 15–November 15, 1904, no number.

1917 Stockholm

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, French Art, Spring 1917, no. 4, as La Tente, lent by Klas Fåhræus, Stockholm.

1922f Paris

Galerie Styles, 50 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, Nu féminin d'Ingres à nos jours, February 20-March 15, 1922, extended to March 25.

1923a Prague

S.V.U. Mánes, Municipal House, Prague, Francouzské umění XIX. a XX. století [French Art of the 19th–20th Centuries], May 26–June 1923, no. 146, as Stan, lent by Halvorsen.

1923c Prague

S.V.U. Mánes, Pavillon Mánes, Prague, Francouzští mistři [French Masters], December 1923, no. 30, as Stan (tente).

1925b London

Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 12, ill. in b/w, as Baigneuses d'Aix, [lent by Halvorsen].

1931c Paris

Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition d’oeuvres importantes de grands maîtres du dix-neuvième siècle prétées au profit de la Cité Universitaire de l’Université de Paris, May 18–June 27, 1931, no. 5, as Baigneuses devant une tente, 1883, lent by W. Halvorsen, Oslo.

1935 Stockholm

Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Mästerverk i fransk 1800-talskonst [Masterpieces of 19th century French art], December 1–31, 1935, no. 1, ill., as Baigneuses devant une tente, lent by Private collection, Norway.

1937a Paris

Palais National des Arts, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvres de l'art français [World's Fair], June–October 1937, no. 252, as Baigneuses, lent by Halvorsen.

1954 Oslo

Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway, Paul Cezanne: 28 malerier, November 13–December 1, 1954, no. 15, ill., as Baigneuses devant la tente, c. 1883-85, lent by Ragnar Moltzau, Oslo.

1956 Copenhagen

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark, From Renoir to Villon, June 27–August 1, 1956, no. 13, ill.

1956 Zurich

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 50, pl. 25.

1956 Munich

Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 37, ill. lent by Ragnar Moltzau, Oslo.

1957 Zurich and traveling

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Moltzau Collection, February 9–March 31, 1957, no. 16, ill. Traveled to: Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands, April 19–June 11, 1957; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, August 23–September 20, 1958; The Tate Gallery, London, October 3–November 2, 1958.

1958 Edinburgh and traveling

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, From Cézanne to Picasso: The Moltzau Collection, August 23–September 20, 1958, no. 20. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, October 3–November 2, 1958.

1964–65 Munich

Haus der Kunst, Munich, Französische Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts, von David bis Cézanne, October 7, 1964–January 6, 1965, no. 23, ill.

1989 Basel

Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 45, pl. 92.

1993 Tübingen

Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 34, ill.

1997–98 Stockholm

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 35, ill., pp. 104–07 (dated 1883–85).

1998 St. Petersburg and traveling

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Cézanne and the Russian Avant-Garde, August 9–September 24, 1998, no. 17, ill., (dated 1880–85). Traveled to: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 15–November 18, 1998 (exhibition catalogue in Russian; text by Albert Kostenevich).

2002 Venice

Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy, De Puvis de Chavannes à Matisse et Picasso: vers l'art moderne, February 10–June 6, 2002, no. 51, ill., as Baigneuses devant la tente, 1883-1885.

2003 Innsbruck

Tiroler Landesmusuem Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria, In freier Natur - Von Cézanne bis Picasso, May 4–September 28, 2003, no. 13, ill., as Baigneuses devant la tente, 1883-85.

2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 116, ill., (dated 1883–85), shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.

2012–13 Budapest

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 141, ill.

2017–18 Karlsruhe

Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 42, ill.

Published References

Meier-Graefe 1910

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 29.

Hausenstein 1913

Hausenstein, Wilhelm. Der nackte Mensch in der Kunst aller Zeiten und Völker. Munich: R. Piper10, 1913, fig. 151.

Meier-Graefe 1913

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 29.

Roosval 1913

Roosval, Johnny. "Om Herr Klas Fåhraeus' Konstsamling." Konst och Konstnärer (1913), p. 106, ill. of picture hanging in gallery.

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pls. 30, 45, and 47, as Baigneuses devant la tente.

Fry 1917

Fry, Roger. "'Paul Cézanne' by Ambroise Vollard: Paris, 1915, A Review." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 31, no. 173 (August 1917), pl. II.

Meier-Graefe 1918a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 113.

Fahraeus 1919

Fahraeus, Klas. "Paul Cézanne." Ord och Bild 4 (1919), p. 409, ill., as Tältet.

Vauvrecy and Cezanne 1920

Vauvrecy; Paul Cézanne. "Vie de Cézanne'';''Lettres de Cézanne." L'Esprit nouveau: revue internationale d'esthétique, no. 2 (1920), ill. p. 136.

Léon-Martin 1922

Léon-Martin, Louis. "Les expositions parisiens: Galerie Styles: Le nu." Le Crapouillot: arts, lettres, spectacles (Paris) (March 16, 1922), p. 28, ill., as Baigneuses.

Meier-Graefe 1922

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 134, as Frauen nach dem Bade vor einem Zelt, c. 1878.

jč 1923

jč. "Kulturní kronika: Francouzští mistři [Cultural Chronicle: French Masters]." Lidové noviny (Brno) (December 13, 1923), p. 7, as Stan.

Meier-Graefe 1923

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 31.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 207, listed.

Salmon 1923

Salmon, André. Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Stock, 1923, pl. 5.

Z. 1923

Z. "Výtvarné umění: Tři choří vůdcové. (Závěrem k Francouzské výstavě.) I. [Fine Art: Three ill leaders. (Final remarks on the French exhibition) I.]." Národní listy (Prague) (July 18, 1923), p. 4, as Stan.

Faure 1923a

Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 54, as Baigneuses devant la tente.

Meier-Graefe 1924

Arishima 1925

Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 45.

Art News 1925

"Exhibition of Cézanne's Work in London." The Art News Vol. 23, Issue 38 (July 18, 1925), p. 8, ill., as Baigneuses devant une tente.

Meier-Graefe 1927a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XXV.

Jamot 1929

Jamot, Paul. "L'art français en Norvège." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 12, no. 2 (February 1929), p. 101, ill. p. 79, as Baigneuses, Walther Halvorsen collection.

Hildebrandt 1931

Hildebrandt, Hans. Die Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Potsdam: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion, 1931, pl. 9.

Waldemar-George 1931

Waldemar-George. "The Twilight of a God." Apollo 14 (August 1931), p. 74, ill. in color.

Stein 1933

Stein, Gertrude. The Autobiography of Alice B. Tolkas. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1933, (quoted above).

Hoppe 1935

Hoppe, Ragnar. "Från Corot till van Gogh: Femton mästerverk av franska målare och bildhuggare i Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet [From Corot to van Gogh: Fifteen masterpieces by French painters and sculptors in the Swedish-French Art Gallery]." Konstrevy (Stockholm) XI (1935), ill. p. 167, as Baigneuses devant une tente.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 543, ill. vol. II, as Baigneuses devant la tente.

Vollard 1937

Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 33.

Larguier 1947

Larguier, Léo. Cézanne ou la lutte avec l'ange de la peinture. Paris: René Julliard, 1947, ill. opp. p. 129.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 164, listed p. 174.

Berthold 1958

Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 38, fig. 37.

Russell 1960

Russell, John. "The Jackpot at Stuttgart." Art News 59 (Summer 1960), p. 42, fig. 1.

Taillandier 1961

Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 49.

Feist 1963

Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, p. 36, pl. 26.

Giry 1967

Giry, Marcel. "Le paysage à figures chez Othon Friesz." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 69, periode 6 (January 1967), p. 46, fig. 1.

Malevich 1971

Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich. Essays on Art, 1915–33. New York: G. Wittenborn, 1971, fig. 6, pp. 19–30.

Stokes 1978

Stokes, Adrian. "Cézanne." In The Critical Writings of Adrian Stokes, vol. 2, 1937–58. London: Thames & Hudson, 1978, fig. 97 (commentary, p. 268).

Krumrine 1980

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts Magazine 54, no. 9 (May 1980), p. 118, fig. 13.

Düchting 1989

Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 142, ill.

Lewis 1989

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 19, fig. 7.

Garb 1996

Garb, Tamar. "Visuality and Sexuality in Cézanne's Late Bathers." Oxford Art Journal 19, no. 2 (1996), p. 54, fig. 11.

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. 553, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneuses devant une tente.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 276, no. 5, ill., as Baigneuses, c. 1885.

Feilchenfeldt 2005a

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte Cézannes in Deutschland." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 155, ill.

Jansen 2007

Jansen, Isabelle. Franz Marc et l'art du XIXe siècle. Paris: Maison des sciences de l'homme, 2007, pp. 54-56, fig. 24, as Baigneuses devant la tente.

Conzen 2008

Bonzen, Ina. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart - Die Sammlung. Meisterwerke vom 14. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert. München / Stuttgart: Hirmer, 2008, p. 164, No. 105.

Colrat 2013

Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 139, pl. 41.

Eiling 2017

Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 5.

Force 2020

Force, Christel H. "'A Viking Sailing over the Savage Sea, Far, Far to the North': Walther halvorsen." In Pioneers of the Global Art Market, Paris-Based Dealer Networks, 1850–1950. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020, pp. 147, 155 (n. 80).

Cover of Julius Meier-Graefe's 1910 monograph on Cézanne, designed by Franz Marc.

Record last updated January 31, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneuses devant une tente, 1883–85 (possibly earlier) (FWN 944)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=540 (accessed on April 19, 2024).