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Catalogue entry

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

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Auguste Pellerin, Paris;
Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris;
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1982);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1982-1984);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (on deposit at the Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence 1984-2004 and from 2006 onwards)
Exhibition History
1983–84 Paris
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.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 19, discussed p. 96, pl. 62.
1990 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 25, fig. 190.
1995 Marseille and traveling
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.
1998 Mexico City
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.
1999 Nice
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.
2000 Aix-en-Provence
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.
2002 Rome
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.
2005 Tours
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, France, Yves Bonnefoy: assentiments et partages, April 9–July 3, 2005, no. 23, ill., as Bethsabée.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
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.
2009 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 58, ill., as Bethsabée.
2009–10 The Hague
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 16, ill., as Bethsabée.
2013–14 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne e gli artisti italiani del '900, October 5, 2013–February 2, 2014, no. 14, ill.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 64, ill.
2017–18 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne at home, October 20, 2017–April 1, 2018.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 253, ill. vol. II, as Bethsabée.
Reff 1960a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 172, as Bethsabée.
Tsiakma 1977
Tsiakma, Katia. "Cézanne's and Poussin's Nudes." Art Journal 37, no. 2 (Winter 1977), fig. 12.
Musée d'Orsay 1983
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 1984
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 et al. 1984a
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 1990b
Arrouye, Jean. "La montagne et la nue." In Sainte-Victoire Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, p. 214, fig. 190.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 158, 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. 212.
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. 591, ill. vol. 2, as Bethsabée.
Coutagne 2000
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 2006
Farber, Jules B. Autour de Cézanne. Sommières: Romain Pages, 2006, p. 122, ill. in color.
Machotka 2008
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 2011b
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 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 73, pl.10.
Dauberville 2020
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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Record last updated September 27, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
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 March 28, 2024).