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 662
Bethsabée
1885–90
Alternate titles: Betsabea; Nus
Rewald (591): 1885–90; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Venturi (253): 1875–77
Oil on canvas
11 3/8 x 9 13/16 in. (29 x 25 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3811, huile; personnage à genou auprès de femme nue assise sous un arbre, 28 x 25 cm (25 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 341, Annotated by Cezanne;s son: vers 1885
Provenance
Exhibition History
Palais de Tokyo, musée d'Art et d'Essai, Paris, Nouvelles acquisitions du musée d'Orsay 1980-1983, November 28, 1983–September 1984, no. 23, ill., as Bethsabée, c. 1880.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 19, discussed p. 96, pl. 62.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 25, fig. 190.
Hôtel de la région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille, France, Peintres de la couleur en Provence 1875-1920, January 28–April 28, 1995, pp. 334-335, ill., as Bethsabée, c. 1885-1890. Traveled to: Musée du Luxembourg, Patis, France, May 15–August 15, 1995.
Museo del palacio de bellas artes, Mexico City, La Provenza de los pintores : ruptura y tradición, February 20–May 3, 1998, no. 77, ill., cover, as Bethsabée.
Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, Femmes de l'Ancien Testament: peintures et dessins des collections publiques françaises, July 3–October 4, 1999, no. 51, ill., as Bethsabée, c. 1885-1890.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 10, ill., p. 27, lent by Musée Granet.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 160, ill., as Betsabea, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, France, Yves Bonnefoy: assentiments et partages, April 9–July 3, 2005, no. 23, ill., as Bethsabée.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 118, ill. shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 58, ill., as Bethsabée.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 16, ill., as Bethsabée.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne e gli artisti italiani del '900, October 5, 2013–February 2, 2014, no. 14, ill.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 64, ill.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne at home, October 20, 2017–April 1, 2018.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 253, ill. vol. II, as Bethsabée.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 172, as Bethsabée.
Tsiakma, Katia. "Cézanne's and Poussin's Nudes." Art Journal 37, no. 2 (Winter 1977), fig. 12.
Catalogue sommaire illustré des nouvelles acquisitions du Musée d’Orsay: 1980-1983. Lacambre, Geneviève et Thiébaut Philippe, publication directors, coordination. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1983, p.16, no. 23, ill., as Bethsabée, c. 1880.
Gache-Patin, Sylvie. "Musée d'Orsay, Galerie du Jeu de Paume: douze œuvres de Cézanne de l'ancienne collection Pellerin." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France 34, no. 2 (1984), pp. 136-137, fig. 7.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. "Catalogue des oeuvres de Cézanne conservées au musée Granet d'Aix-en-Provence." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984, pp. 216-219, no. 5, ill. and col. pl. p. 53.
Arrouye, Jean. "La montagne et la nue." In Sainte-Victoire Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, p. 214, fig. 190.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 212.
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. 591, ill. vol. 2, as Bethsabée.
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne au fil de l'eau." In Au fil de l'eau. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 27, as Bethsabée.
Farber, Jules B. Autour de Cézanne. Sommières: Romain Pages, 2006, p. 122, ill. in color.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 203; vol. 2, p. 144, as Bethsabée.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "Bethsabée." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 57, fig. 24, as Bethsabée.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 73, pl.10.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 254, ill., as Nus.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bethsabée, 1885–90 (FWN 662)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=574 (accessed on October 15, 2024).
