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Catalogue entry

© The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA/ The Bridgeman Art Library
FWN 980
Grandes baigneuses
1895–1906
Alternate titles: Baigneuses; Die grossen Badenden; Large Bathers; Les Baigneurs; Les Grandes Baigneuses; The Large Bathers
Rewald (856): 1895–1906; Venturi revised: 1900–1903; Venturi (720): 1900–1905; Vollard: 1895–1905; Reff: 1895–1906 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
52 1/8 x 86 1/4 in. (132.4 x 219.1 cm)
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (BF934)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris
Barnes Foundation, Merion and Philadelphia (July 1933)
Exhibition History
1925c Paris
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Cinquante ans de peinture française, 1875-1925, May 28–July 12, 1925, no. 153, as Baigneuses, lent by Vollard.
1926b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, shown in an installation photo in Dauberville, 2020, p. 117.
1933–34 New York and traveling
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Paintings from the Ambroise Vollard Collection, XIX-XX Centuries, November 6–December 3, 1933, no. 15, ill., as Les Grandes Baigneuses, 1897-1906, catalogued but not shown. Traveled to: Arts and Crafts Club, Detroit, December 11, 1933–January 1934.
1993–95 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Great French Paintings from the Barnes Foundation, May 2–August 15, 1993, no number, pp. 160–63, ill. p. 161. Traveled to: Musèe d'Orsay, Paris, November 6, 1993–January 2, 1994; National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, January 21–April 3, 1994; Kimbell Art Museum, Forth Worth, Texas, April 24–August 16, 1994; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, September 17–December 31, 1994; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, January 29–April 1995; Haus der Kunst, Munich, June 23–October 22, 1995.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pls. 40, 41, as Les Baigneurs.
Arbiter 1918
Arbiter, Petronius. "A Degenerate Work of Art: 'The Bathers' by Cézanne." The Art World 3, no. 4 (January 1918), ill. p. 323.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 202.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 244.
Ruckstull 1925
Ruckstull, Fred Wellington. Great Works of Art and What Makes Them Great. New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1925, pp. 337ff, fig. 114.
Waldemar-George 1925b
Waldemar-George. "Cinquante ans de peinture française." L'Amour de l'art 6, no. 7 (July 1925), p. 272, ill. p. 273, as Baigneuses.
Waldmann 1927
Waldmann, Emil. Die Kunst des Realismus und des Impressionismus. Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, 1927, p. 502, ill.
Dormoy 1931
Dormoy, Marie. "Quelques tableaux de la collection particulière Ambroise Vollard." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 17 (September 1931), ill. in color, between pp. 122 and 113.
Waldemar-George 1931
Waldemar-George. "The Twilight of a God." Apollo 14 (August 1931), fig. IX.
Morsell 1933
Morselle, Mary. "Vollard Collection Exhibited at Knoedler's." The Art News 32, no. 5 (November 11, 1933), p. 3, ill., as Les Grandes Baigneuses.
Parnassus 1933
"From the Collection of Ambroise Vollard." Parnassus 5, no. 5 (Oct. 1933), p. 5, ill.
Le Bulletin de l'art 1934
"La vie artistique à l'étranger." Le Bulletin de l'art ancien et moderne: supplément hebdomadaire de la Revue de l'art ancien et moderne (Paris) (January 1934), ill. p. 36, as Les Grandes Baigneuses.
Iavorskaia 1935a
Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 49.
Iavorskaia 1935b
Iavorskaia, Nina. Paul Cézanne. Milan: Hoepli, 1935, pl. XXX.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 720, ill. vol. II, as Grandes baigneuses.
Barnes 1937
Barnes, Albert C. The Art in Painting, 3rd ed. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1937, frontispiece.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 88.
Vollard 1937
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 27.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 191, frontispiece (analysis pp. 393–97).
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 87, as Baigneuses, 1900-1906.
Jacobsen 1950
Jacobsen, Georg. "Synpunkter och minnenbilder: Georg Jacobsen." Konstrevy (Stockholm) XXVI, no. 6 (1950), ill. p. 326, as Baigneuses, 1900-1906.
Schack 1960
Schack, William. Art and Argyrol: The Life and Career of Dr. Albert C. Barnes. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960, pp. 267–71.
Waldfogel 1962
Waldfogel, Melvin. "A Problem in Cézanne's 'Grandes Baigneuses.'" The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962), p. 203, fig. 32.
Gombrich 1963
Gombrich, Ernst H. Meditations on a Hobby Horse. London: Phaidon, 1963, fig. 23.
Badt 1971
Badt, Kurt. Das Spätwerk Cézannes. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag, 1971, p. 51, ill.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 61, ill.
Geist 1975
Geist, Sidney. "The Secret Life of Paul Cézanne." Art International 19, no. 9 (November 20, 1975), p. 10, ill.
Rubin 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 187.
Reff 1977b
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Late Bather Paintings." Arts Magazine 52, no. 2 (October 1977), p. 116, fig. 1.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 125, ill.
Krumrine 1980
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts Magazine 54, no. 9 (May 1980), pp. 115, 118–19, fig. 2.
Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 55.
Rishel 1983
Rishel, Joseph J. Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983. Exhibition catalogue, p. 48, fig. 22a.
Krumrine 1989a
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "'Les Baigneuses' de Cézanne du Musée Granet." Impressions du Musée Granet, no. 3 (September 1989), figs. 4 and 5.
Krumrine 1989b
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 177 p. 209.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 188, fig. 167.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 39, ill.
Clark 1995
Clark, T.J. "Freud's Cézanne." Representations, no. 52 (Autumn 1995), fig. 1.
Sollers 1995
Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 63, ill.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 126, ill.
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. 856, ill. vol. 2 and p. 37, ill. col. vol. 1, as Les Grandes Baigneuses.
Benesch 2000
Benesch, Evelyn. "From the Incomplete to the Unfinished: Realisation in the Work of Paul Cézanne." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 60, fig. 28, as Grandes baigneuses.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 313, fig. 197.
Freudenberg 2001
Freudenberg, Inken. Der Zweifler Cézanne. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2001, pl. 50.
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. pp. 79 and 99 (detail), p. 277, no. 22, ill., as Grandes baigneuses, 1895-1905.
Coutagne 2002
Coutagne, Denis. "The Major Works in the Lauves Studio." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 8, ill. in b/w.
Giles and Armstrong 2002
Giles, Laura, and Carol Armstrong, eds. Cézanne in Focus, Watercolors from The Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection. Pricneton, N.J.: Princeton University Art Museum, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, p. 89, fig. 3.
Rishel 2002
Rishel, Joseph J. "The Grand Window and Slot in the Studio Wall." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 3, ill. in b/w.
Baumann 2004
Baumann, Felix A., ed. Cézanne—Aufbruch in die Moderne. Essen: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, p. 61, ill., as Grandes baigneuses.
Feilchenfeldt 2005c
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 214, ill.
Pratt 2006
Pratt, Jonathan Pascoe. "Ambroise Vollard, Leben und Werk." In Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso und ihr Galerist Ambroise Vollard, Gloor, Lukas, Koella, Rudolf, Velhagen, Rudolf. Heidelberg: Edition Braus im Wachter Verlag, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 22, ill. p. 19, as Die grossen Badenden, 1900-05.
Conisbee 2006a
Conisbee, Philip. "Cézanne's Provence." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 22, fig. 21, as Grandes baigneuses.
D'Souza 2008
D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, pl. 9, ill.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 305; vol. 2, p. 207, as Les Grandes Baigneuses.
Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 171, fig. 117.
Bernstein 2009
Bernstein, Roberta. "Cézanne and Johns: 'At Every Point in Nature There Is Something to See.'" In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 473, fig. 17.6, as Large Bathers.
Coutagne 2011d
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 190, fig. 130.
Dolkart and Lucy 2012
Dolkart, Judith, Martha Lucy. The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks. New York: Skira Rizzoli, 2012, pp. 66–67, ill. pp. 62–63, comments by Martha Lucy.
Florman 2012
Florman, Lisa. "Insistent, Resistant Cézanne: On Picasso's 'Three Women' and 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.'" Notes on the History of Art 31/32, no. 4/1 (Summer 2012/Fall 2012), fig. 2.
Shiff 2012a
Shiff, Richard. "Cézanne." In 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes, edited by Barbara Schaefer. Cologne: Wienend Verlag, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 90, fig. 1.
Rishel 2012c
Rishel, Joseph J. "Cézanne, Virgil, Poussin." In Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 174, fig. 169, as The Large Bathers.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 288, pl. 132.
Pola Museum of Art 2015
Cézanne: Pioneer of Modern Art. Kanagawa: Pola Museum of Art, Pola Art Foundation, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, p. 116, fig. 21.
Société Paul Cezanne 2019
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 238 p. 255.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 242, ill., as Baigneuses, installation photograph from 1926 exhibition, p. 117.
Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 116.
Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, no. 60, pp. 298–310, as The Large Bathers, dated c. 1894–1906 (catalogue notes by C. Riopelle).
Sidlina 2022
Sidlina, Natalia. "Cezanne's Slow Homecoming." In Cezanne. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2022, p. 64, fig. 6 (indicating Cezanne's added strips).
Nagaï 2022a
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 47.
Grandes baigneuses, 1895–1906 (FWN 980). Cézanne seated in front of this painting in his Lauves studio, 1904.
Cézanne seated in front of this painting in his Lauves studio, 1904.
Photo: Emile Bernard

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Grandes baigneuses, 1895–1906 (FWN 980)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=831 (accessed on April 25, 2024).