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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)
Catalogue entry
© The Art Institute of Chicago
FWN 976
Baigneuses
1899–1904
Alternate titles: Les Baigneurs; The Bathers
Rewald (859): 1899–1904; Venturi revised: 1900–1905; Venturi (722): 1900–1905; Cooper: c.1902; Gowing: c.1900 (Edinburgh); Reff: early 1900s, probably after No. 877
Oil on canvas
20 3/16 x 24 5/16 in. (51.3 x 61.7 cm)
Vollard C stockbook: no. 7068, Baigneuses (dernière manière), 54 x 65 cm
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Jacques Zoubaloff, Paris;
Zoubaloff Collection, Galerie G. Petit, Paris, June 16–17, 1927, no. 113, ill.
Jos. Hessel, Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York
Chester H. Johnson Gallery, Chicago
Col. Robert R. McCormick, Chicago;
The Art Institute of Chicago (1942)
Exhibition History
1928d New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Paul Cézanne, January 1928, no. 8, as Les Baigneurs, lent by Rosenberg.1930c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Summer Exhibition, June–September 1930, no. 15, as The Bathers, lent by McCormick.1931 Chicago
Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, 1931.1933b Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 306, (dated c. 1890), lent by McCormick.1934 Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, June 1–November 1, 1934, no. 291, (dated c. 1890), as The Bathers, lent by Mrs. Robert A. McCormick.1947 Cincinnati
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5–March 9, 1947, no. 12, ill. lent by Art Institute of Chicago.1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 98, ill. lent by Art Institute of Chicago. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 60, pl. XIV, as Baigneuses, c. 1900, lent by the Art Institute Chicago. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.1956–57 Cleveland
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, The Venetian Tradition, 1956–57.1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 29. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.1977–78 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 38, pl. 193. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 100, ill.1982 Liège and traveling
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 28, ill. 1900-05. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 28, ill.1985–86 Tokyo and traveling
Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 18–December 17, 1985, no. 52.1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 68, pl. 193.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 220, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 126, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2008 Fort Worth
Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, no. 68, ill.2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 145, ill.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 107, ill. Reflection: "Between the Bathers and Us, the living" by Paul Chan, p. 175. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Bulliet 1930
Bulliet, Clarence Joseph. Apples and Madonnas: Emotional Expression in Modern Art. New York: Covici, 1930, p. 49.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 722, ill. vol. II, as Baigneuses.Odenheimer 1940
Odenheimer, Dorothy. "Mrs. Robert R. McCormick, Painter and Collector." Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 34, no. 4 (April-May 1940), p. 60, ill., as The Bathers.Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 34, ill.Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, fig. 28.Loran 1952
Loran, Erle. "Cézanne in 1952." Quarterly (Art Institute of Chicago) 46, no. 1 (February 1, 1952), p. 14, ill.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 42-43, fig. 58.Art Institute of Chicago 1961
Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1961, p. 73, as The Bathers.Novotny 1961
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 41.Guerry 1966
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 59.Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 113.Badt 1971
Badt, Kurt. Das Spätwerk Cézannes. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag, 1971, p. 21, ill.Geist 1975
Geist, Sidney. "The Secret Life of Paul Cézanne." Art International 19, no. 9 (November 20, 1975), p. 12, ill.Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 58.Reff 1977b
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Late Bather Paintings." Arts Magazine 52, no. 2 (October 1977), p. 118, fig. 9.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 262, ill.Teboul 1988
Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 62, ill.Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 148, ill.Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 109, ill. in color.Adler 1990
Adler, Kathleen. "Cézanne's Bodies." Art in America 78 (April 1990), p. 237, ill.Naubert-Riser 1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 123.Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 84.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. 179.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. 859, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneuses.Bach 2000
Bach, Friedrich Teja. "The Stake in the Pictorial Flesh: Disruptions in Cézanne's Oeuvre." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 77, fig. 27b, as Baigneuses.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. 33, as Baigneuses.Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 278, no. 25, ill., as Baigneuses, 1899-1904.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. 34, ill. in color.D'Souza 2008
D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, pl. 8, ill.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 2; vol. 2, p. 17, as Baigneuses.Arrouye 2011
Arrouye, Jean. "L'eau, miroir de la peinture." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 159, fig. 78, as Baigneuses.Coutagne 2011d
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 195, fig. 136.Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 294, pl. 135.Record last updated March 4, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneuses, 1899–1904 (FWN 976)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=834 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
