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 966
Baigneurs
1900–04
Alternate titles: Bañistas; Bathers; Cinq baigneurs
Rewald (864): 1900–04; Venturi revised: 1885–88
Oil on canvas
16 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (42.2 x 55 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3844, huile; personnages nus esquissés au bord de l'eau, 41 x 55 cm (50 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections, May 31–September 7, 1955, no number, lent by Ittleson.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1958, no. 22, as Bathers, lent through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1959, no. 14, lent through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1960, no. 14, lent through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1961, no. 12, lent through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, July 3–September 3, 1962, no. 9, lent through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1963, no. 7, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Summer Loan Exhibition, July–September 1966, no. 24, lent through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Summer Loan Exhibition: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from Private Collections, July–September 1967, no. 15, lent through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Collects: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from Private Collections, July 3–September 2, 1968, no. 27, as Bathers, lent through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr.
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. 37, pl. 203. 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).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 102, ill.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 80, ill.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Joie de vivre, June–September 1997, no. 7, ill. p. 13 and cover, as Cinq baigneurs.
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 38, ill., p. 41, as Baigneurs, lent by Private collection, Paris.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, De Cézanne à Giacometti : une grande donation aux musées de France [donation Philippe Meyer], October 17–November 19, 2000, no. 12, ill.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Forma. El ideal clásico en el arte moderno, October 9, 2001–January 13, 2002, no. 27, p. 204, ill. 87, as Bañistas, 1900-1904, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 86, ill.
National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, Au-delà de l'impressionnisme: la naissance de l'art moderne, May 5–July 31, 2014, no. 44, ill., as Cinq baigneurs.
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 64, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Published References
Hazama, Mosuke, Genichiri Adachi, and Kaziamasa Nakogawa, eds. Recueil important des oeuvres de Paul Cézanne. Vol. 1: Paysages, edited by Hazama. Vol. 2: Portraits et Nus., edited by Adachi. Vol. 3: Nature-mortes., edited by Nakogawa. Tokyo: Atorie-sha, 1935, vol. 2, , pl. 16..
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 352, listed (Collection Musée Bachofen-Burckhardt, Basel).
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. "Paintings from Private Collections." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 22, no. 4 (Summer 1955), p. 14, ill.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne: The Enigma of the Nude." Art News 58, no. 8 (November 1959), p. 26, fig. 1.
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. 864, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneurs.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 292, no. 118, ill., as Cinq baigneurs, 1900-04.
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 310, ill.
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Record last updated October 30, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneurs, 1900–04 (FWN 966)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=839 (accessed on December 13, 2024).
