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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
FWN 978
Baigneuses
1902–06
Alternate titles: Badende; Bain de femmes; Bañistas; Bathers; Die Badenden; Ébauche des grandes baigneuses; Le Bain; Paysage avec baigneuses
Rewald (877): 1902–06; Venturi revised: 1900–1905; Venturi (725): 1898–1900; Rivière: c.1900; Ratcliffe: early 1900s (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 36 3/8 in. (73.5 x 92.5 cm)
Private collection, Qatar
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris;
Mme Renée Rivière Cézanne, Paris
Maurice Renou, Paris
Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1956);
Private collection
Private collection, Qatar
Exhibition History
1930a Paris
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 43, as Paysage avec baigneuses, c. 1903, lent by Vollard.1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 106, as Baigneuses, lent by Vollard.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 47, ill.1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 63, ill. lent by Feilchenfeldt.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 82, pl. 39.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 63, ill. lent by Private collection.1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 31, ill. lent by Private collection.1957 Recklinghausen
Städtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany, Verkannte Kunst, June 16–July 31, 1957, no. 24, ill., as Badende, 1895-1905.1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 42, pl. 28.1961 Wolfsburg
Stadthalle, Wolfsburg, Germany, Französische Malerei von Delacroix bis Picasso, April 8–May 31, 1961, no. 21, pl. 14, as Badende, 1900-1905, lent by Private collection.1961 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 19, pl. 14.1963 Hamburg
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 13, pl. 55, as Die Badenden, 1900-1905, lent by Private collection.1963 Schaffhausen
Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Die Welt des Impressionismus, June 29–September 29, 1963, no. 12, as Badende, lent by Private collection, Zurich.1964 Lausanne
Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections suisses: de Manet à Picasso, May 1–October 25, 1964, no. 105, ill., as Baigneuses, 1898-1905, lent by Private collection, Zürich.1967b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections suisses de Manet à Picasso, May 10–October 2, 1967, no. 94, ill. lent by Private collection, Zurich.1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 55. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.1977–78 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. 41, pl. 186. 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. 104, ill.1979–80 London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European Painting, November 17, 1979–March 16, 1980, no. 48, ill., (dated 1902–06), as Baigneuses, lent by Feilchenfeldt, Zürich. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 25–September 1, 1980.1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 72, pl. 199.1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 83, ill.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 221, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.1998–99 Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 55, ill., as Baigneuses, 1902-06, lent by Private collection.2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 70, ill., as Baigneuses. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 127, ill. shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2006–07 New York and traveling
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 14, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 48, fig. 43, pp. 41, 344, as Baigneuses, shown on New York and Chicago only. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, February 17–May 13, 2007; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 19–September 16, 2007.Published References
Piper & Co. 1912
Paul Cèzanne - Mappe. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1912, pl. 3, as Die Badenden.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 223, listed.Dormoy 1930
Dormoy, Marie. "Die Cézanne—Ausstellung im Théâtre Pigalle." Kunst und Künstler 28, no. 6 (1930), ill. p. 247.Einstein 1930
Einstein, Carl. "Exposition Cézanne (Galerie Pigalle)." Documents 2, no. 1 (1930), p. 55, ill.Formes 1930
"Exhibition of French Masters." Formes (Jan. 1930), ill. between pp. 24 and 25.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 725, ill. vol. II, as Ébauche des grandes baigneuses.Rewald 1937a
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 56.Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 156, listed.Richardson 1956
Richardson, John. "Cézanne at Aix-en-Provence." The Burlington Magazine 98, no. 644 (November 1956), p. 412, fig. 26 p. [413], as Ébauche des grandes baigneuses, 1902-03.Neumeyer 1959
Neumeyer, Alfred. Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden. Stuttgart: Philip Reclam, 1959, fig. 7.Novotny 1959
Novotny, Fritz. "Der Reiz des Unvollendeten bei Cézanne." Du (Zürich) 19, no. 4 (April 1959), p. 47, ill.Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 120, ill. (detail).Keers 1965
Keers, Frits. "Lausanne 1964." Journaal van de nederlandse Musea voor moderne Kunst 10, no. 4 (1965), p. 97, fig. d.Ramuz 1968
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. Cézanne Formes. Lausanne: International Art Book, 1968, pl. 27.Cherpin et al. 1972
Cherpin, Jean et al. "L'Oeuvre gravé de Cézanne." Arts et Livres de Provence (Marseille) 82 (1972), ill. p. [57], as Bain de femmes.Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 44.Sutton 1974
Sutton, Denys. "The Paradoxes of Cézanne." Apollo (London) 100, no. 150 (August 1974), fig. 12 p. 104.Reff 1977b
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Late Bather Paintings." Arts Magazine 52, no. 2 (October 1977), p. 118.Embiricos 1978
Embiricos, Georges A. "Cézanne et la répétition." Connaissance des Arts, no. 315 (May 1978), p. 72, ill. p. 73.Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 77, ill. in color.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 266, ill.Teboul 1988
Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 47, ill.Bozal 1995
Bozal, Valeriano. "Paul Cézanne: la mirada es le leguaje." La Balsa de la Medusa (Madrid) 36 (1995), p. 98, ill. p. 97, as Bañistas, Private collection, Zurich.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. 877, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneuses.Shiff 2000
Shiff, Richard. "Mark, Motif, Materiality." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 102, fig. 4, as Baigneuses.Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. p. 87, p. 278, no. 26, ill., as Baigneuses, c. 1905.Feilchenfeldt 2005h
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézanne: Vollendet, Unvollendet." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 285, ill.Jensen 2006
Jensen, Robert. "Vollard and Cézanne: An Anatomy of a Relationship." In Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 41, fig. 43, as Bathers.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 299; vol. 2, p. 206, as Baigneuses.Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 181, fig. 133.Shiff 2012a
Shiff, Richard. "Cézanne." In 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes, edited by Barbara Schaefer. Cologne: Wienend Verlag, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 105, fig. 13.Related
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneuses, 1902–06 (FWN 978)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=851 (accessed on May 4, 2024).
