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 663
Bethsabée
1885–90
Alternate titles: Femme nue, paysage; Petite ébauche; The Toilet
Rewald (592): 1885–90; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Venturi (255): 1875–76
Oil on canvas
8 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (21.5 x 20 cm)
Provenance
Private collection;
Private collection, U.S.A.;
Private collection, Europe;
Exhibition History
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 38, pl. XVI, lent by private collection, Paris.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 20, discussed p. 96, pl. 63.
Published References
Fry, Roger. "Le développement de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 12 (December 1926), ill. p. 416, as Petite ébauche.
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, p. 86, fig. 53, pl. XXXIII.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 255, ill. vol. II, as Bethsabée.
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 86, pl. XXXIII fig. 53, as The Toilet.
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. 592, ill. vol. 2, as Bethsabée.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 75, pl. 11.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 252, ill., as Femme nue, paysage.
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Record last updated November 21, 2023. 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 663)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=575 (accessed on March 16, 2025).
