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Catalogue entry

FWN 965
Esquisse de baigneurs
1900–02
Alternate titles: Baigneurs; Bathers; Bathers (Esquisse de baigneurs)
Rewald (866): 1900–02; Venturi revised: 1902–6; Venturi (729): 1900–1906; Cooper: c.1901; Gowing: c.1903 (Edinburgh); Ratcliffe: early 1900s
Oil on canvas
7 7/8 x 13 in. (20 x 33 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3782, huile; personnages nus, 20 x 33 cm (25 frs)
Private collection

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Kenneth Clark, London;
Alan Clark, London
Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London
Richard L. Feigen, New York
Leonard Stern, New York
Harmon Fine Arts, New York
Sotheby's, New York, May 5, 1993, no. 26, ill.
Kobayashi Gallery, Tokyo
Sotheby's, London, June 30, 1998, no. 13, ill.
Private collection, U.S.A.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 42, lent by K. Clark.
1943 Glasgow
Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom, The Spirit of France, June 1943, no. 56.
1944 London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Constable to Cézanne, December 4–24, 1944, no. 43, as Baigneurs, lent by Sir Kenneth Clark.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 62, as Esquisse de baigneurs, c. 1903, lent by Sir Kenneth Clark. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
1954 Oslo
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway, Paul Cezanne: 28 malerier, November 13–December 1, 1954, no. 27, as Esquisse de baigneurs, c. 1903, lent by Sir Kenneth Clark.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 43, pl. 27.
1961 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 17, pl. 13.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 67, pl. 168.
2012 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia, June 20–September 3, 2012, no number, ill., p. 216, fig. 167, as Bathers, lent by Private collection.
2014 London
Tate, London, Kenneth Clark Looking for Civilisation, May 19–August 10, 2014, no. 48, p. 58, pl. 31.
Published References
Dormoy 1931
Dormoy, Marie. "Quelques tableaux de la collection particulière Ambroise Vollard." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 17 (September 1931), ill. between pp. 122 and 113.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 729, ill. vol. II, as Esquisse de baigneurs.
Badt 1971
Badt, Kurt. Das Spätwerk Cézannes. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag, 1971, p. 49, ill.
Teboul 1988
Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 49, ill.
Krumrine 1992
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's 'Restricted Power': Further Reflections on the 'Bathers.'" The Burlington Magazine 134, no. 1074 (September 1992), fig. 16 p. 592, as Esquisse de baigneurs.
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. 866, ill. vol. 2, as Esquisse de baigneurs.
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. p. 184, p. 293, no. 130, ill., as Esquisse de baigneurs, 1900-06.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 300; vol. 2, p. 206, as Esquisse de baigneurs.
Rishel 2012c
Rishel, Joseph J. "Cézanne, Virgil, Poussin." In Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 172, fig. 167, as Bathers (Esquisse de baigneurs), lent by Private collection.
Benedetti 2013b
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 82, fig.116.

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Record last updated October 7, 2014. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Esquisse de baigneurs, 1900–02 (FWN 965)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=841 (accessed on March 28, 2024).