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Catalogue entry

FWN 664
Bethsabée
1885–90
Alternate title: La chaste Suzanne
Rewald (593): 1885–90; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Venturi (252): 1875–77; Rivière: 1878; Gowing: c.1888 (Edinburgh)
Oil on canvas
12 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. (31.5 x 23.5 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3812, personnage auprès de femme nue sous un arbre, 31 x 23 cm (25 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 330, Annotated by Cezanne;s son: 1880–85
Sotheby's, New York

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Peter Pitt-Millward, London
Sir Alexander Korda, London;
Mrs. David Metcalfe, London;
Korda Collection, Sotheby's, London, June 14, 1962, no. 17, ill.
Mayor Gallery, London
Christie's, London, Nov. 27, 1989, no. 9, ill.
Private collection;
Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 12, 1996, no. 6, ill.
Exhibition History
1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 30, as La chaste Suzanne, lent by Alph. Kann.
1954c London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, French Paintings, XIX and XX Centuries, 1954, no. 4, ill.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 43, as Bethsabée, c. 1888, lent by Sir Alexander Korda. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
1997 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Joie de vivre, June–September 1997, no. 6, ill. p. 6, as Bethsabée, c. 1885-90.
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 206, listed.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 252, 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.
Chappuis 1962
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, vol. 1, p. 102, fig. 68.
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. 593, ill. vol. 2, as Bethsabée.
Record last updated November 15, 2018. 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 664)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=576 (accessed on April 24, 2024).