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 958
Baigneuses
c.1890
Alternate titles: Bathers; Huit baigneuses; Les Baigneuses; The Bathers
Rewald (668): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1896; Venturi (540): 1883–87; Rivière: 1895; Ratcliffe: probably 1892–94; Other: Waldfogel: 1890–95
Oil on canvas
11 7/16 x 17 7/8 in. (29.1 x 45.4 cm)
Inscribed on stretcher: Hommage respectueux de l'auteur à la Reine des Félibriges. P. Cézanne, 5 mai 1896
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. 17, ill., as Baigneuses, c. 1895?
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 61, pl. 184 (reversed).
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 81, ill.
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. 332-333, ill., as Les Baigneuses, 1896. Traveled to: Musée du Luxembourg, Patis, France, May 15–August 15, 1995.
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, The Origins of Modern Art in France 1880-1939, May 15–September 13, 1998, no. 4, ill., as The Bathers, c. 1895.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 11, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay (dépôt Musée Granet, 1984).
Grand Palais, Paris, Visions du futur: une histoire des peurs et des espoir de l'humanité, October 5, 2000–January 1, 2001, no. 104, ill., as Baigneuses, c. 1895.
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy, De Puvis de Chavannes à Matisse et Picasso: vers l'art moderne, February 10–June 6, 2002, no. 51 bis, ill., as Baigneuses, 1895-1898.
Gallerie d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, The Nude: Ideal and Reality from Neoclassicism to Today, January 22–May 9, 2004, no. 80, ill., as Bathers.
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 232, ill. p. 72, as Baigneuses, 1895.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 128, ill. shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Modigliani y su tiempo, February 5–May 18, 2008, no. 12, ill., as Bathers, 1896.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 56, ill., as Baigneuses.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 22, ill., as Baigneuses.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne at home, October 20, 2017–April 1, 2018.
Published References
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, p. 45, pl. p. 44, as ...les grands corps sacrés ...
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 220, listed.
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1926, p. 73, pl. [15] hors texte, as ...les grands corps sacrés ...
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 540, ill. vol. II, as Baigneuses.
Waldfogel, Melvin. "A Problem in Cézanne's 'Grandes Baigneuses.'" The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962), p. 203 and 204, fig. 34.
Reff, Theodore. "Painting and Theory in the Final Decade." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 39, ill.
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. 14, no. 17, ill., as Baigneuses, c. 1895?
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. 139-141, fig. 13.
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. 226-227, no. 8, ill and cover.
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 127, ill. b/w.
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 146, 152, 203, 207.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "'Les Baigneuses' de Cézanne du Musée Granet." Impressions du Musée Granet, no. 3 (September 1989), pp. 4–9, fig. 1 and cover.
Arrouye, Jean. "La montagne et la nue." In Sainte-Victoire Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, p. 217, fig. 193.
Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, p. 108-109, ill. (mirrored).
Coutagne, Denis. "Les paysages." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 21.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 215.
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. 668, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneuses.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 277, no. 21, ill., as Huit baigneuses, 1892-94.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 301; vol. 2, p. 209, as Baigneuses.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 177, fig. 128.
Arrouye, Jean. "L'eau, miroir de la peinture." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 158, fig. 77, as Baigneuses, dated 1896.
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 83, fig. 118.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneuses, c.1890 (FWN 958)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=648 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
