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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
Bruce M. White
FWN 933
Baigneur debout, vu de dos
1879–82
Alternate titles: Baigneur; Etude pour un tableau de baigneurs; Homme nu, vu de dos; Standing Bather Seen from Behind
Rewald (453): 1879–82; Venturi revised: 1885–88; Venturi (394): 1879–82
Oil on canvas
10 13/16 x 6 13/16 in. (27.5 x 17.2 cm)
Provenance
Louis Bernard, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (Sept. 28, 1910)
Jos. Hessel, Paris (Nov. 12, 1910)
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris
Barnes Foundation, Merion (Jan. 2, 1936)
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris (Apr. 10, 1938)
Dalzell Hatfield, Los Angeles
Fine Arts Associates (Otto Gerson), New York
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, New York (by 1959);
Mrs. Rose Pearlman, New York;
Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation (1981)
Exhibition History
1930a Paris
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 26, as Homme nu, vu de dos, lent by Hessel.1939c London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Milestones of French Painting, June 1939, no. 2.1940i New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, The Post-Impressionists, October–November 1940, no. 3, as Baigneur.1943b New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Twelve masterpieces by nineteenth century French painters, November 1–December 4, 1943, no. 2a.1958 Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Anonymous Collection [Pearlman Collection], July–September 1958, no. 13, ill.1959 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Drawings, Watercolors and Oils by Paul Cézanne, Lent by an Anonymous Collector, July 1–September 1, 1959, no. 1.1959g New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, A loan exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman for the benefit of Greenwich House, January 27–February 21, 1959, no. 1, ill. in b/w, as Baigneur debout, vu de dos, c. 1879-82.1963b New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Cézanne and Structure in Modern Painting, June–August 1963.1964 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, The Pearlman Collection, May 22–October 15, 1964, no. 14.1967 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Cézanne and His Contemporaries: The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman Collection, June 14–October 1, 1967, no. 1.1970 Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism: The Mr. & Mrs. Henry Pearlman Collection of Works, June 10–October 4, 1970, no. 1.1971a New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Summer Loan 1971: Paintings from New York Collections: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman and the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, July 13–September 7, 1971, no. 1.1974 Brooklyn and traveling
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, Paintings, Watercolors, Sculptures and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, May 22–September 29, 1974, no. 1. Traveled to: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, December 8, 1974–March 14, 1975; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, April 13–August 31, 1975; Francine and Sterling Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, September 26, 1975–February 22, 1976; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, April 6–May 30, 1976.1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 43, pl. 157.2007–08 Baltimore and traveling
Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, The Repeating Image: Multiples in French Painting from David to Matisse, October 7, 2007–January 1, 2008, no. 50, ill., p. 164, fig. 29. Traveled to: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, January 20–May 4, 2008.2014–16 Oxford and traveling
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection, March 13–June 22, 2014, no. 3, ill. c. 1879-82. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, July 11–October 5, 2014; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, October 25, 2014–January 11, 2015; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, February 7–May 18, 2015; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, September 12, 2015–January 3, 2016.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 394, ill. vol. II, as Baigneur debout, vu de dos.Rewald 1936c
Rewald, John. "Sources d'inspiration de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 88 p. 190, as Etude pour un tableau de baigneurs (with Signorelli's Le vivant portant le mort, fig. 87).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. 453, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneur debout, vu de dos.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. 72, fig. 16, as Baigneur debout, vu de dos.Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 293, no. 132, ill., as Baigneur debout, vu de dos, c. 1879.Shiff 2007
Shiff, Richard. "Risible Cézanne." In The Repeating Image: Multiples in French Painting from David to Matisse. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 164, fig. 29, as Standing Bather Seen from Behind, dated 1879–82.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 144; vol. 2, p. 109, as Baigneur debout, vu de dos.Simms 2014a
Simms, Matthew. "Cézanne, Painting, and Harmony." In Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 133, fig. 80 (cat. 3).Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 279, ill., as Baigneur.Related work
Record last updated April 7, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneur debout, vu de dos, 1879–82 (FWN 933)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=444 (accessed on May 20, 2024).
