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Catalogue entry

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)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Julius Schmits, Elberfeld (Mar. 1, 1912; on loan to the Kunstmuseum Basel from 1932 to 1953)
Wildenstein Galleries, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr., New York
Stephen Hahn Collection, New York
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Philippe Meyer, Paris;
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (2000)
Exhibition History
1955b New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections, May 31–September 7, 1955, no number, lent by Ittleson.
1958b New York
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.
1959d New York
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.
1960a New York
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.
1961e New York
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.
1962c New York
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.
1963c New York
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.
1966b New York
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.
1967a New York
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.
1968 New York
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.
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. 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).
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 102, ill.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 80, ill.
1997 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Joie de vivre, June–September 1997, no. 7, ill. p. 13 and cover, as Cinq baigneurs.
1999–2000 Riehen/Basel
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.
2000 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.
2001–02 Madrid
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.
2012 Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 86, ill.
2014 Seoul
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.
2020 Paris
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, Adachi, and Nakogawa, eds. 1935
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 352, listed (Collection Musée Bachofen-Burckhardt, Basel).
Barr 1955
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. "Paintings from Private Collections." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 22, no. 4 (Summer 1955), p. 14, ill.
Reff 1959
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne: The Enigma of the Nude." Art News 58, no. 8 (November 1959), p. 26, fig. 1.
Rewald 1977a
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Final Decade." Horizon (October 1977), p. 45, ill.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 52.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 128, 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. 864, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneurs.
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 292, no. 118, ill., as Cinq baigneurs, 1900-04.
Marchesseau 2017
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 March 29, 2024).