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Catalogue entry

FWN 958
Baigneuses
c.1890
Alternate titles: Bathers; Huit baigneuses; Les Baigneuses; The Bathers
Rewald (668): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1896; Venturi (540): 1883–87; Rivière: 1895; Ratcliffe: probably 1892–94; Other: Waldfogel: 1890–95
Oil on canvas
11 x 17 5/16 in. (28 x 44 cm)
Inscribed on stretcher: Hommage respectueux de l'auteur à la Reine des Félibriges. P. Cézanne, 5 mai 1896
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (accepted by the French government in lieu of Inheritance Tax, 1982), on deposit at the Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence (RF 1982 39)

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Provenance
Mme Gasquet-Girard, Aix-en-Provence (wedding gift from the artist)
Auguste Pellerin, Paris;
Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris;
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1982);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1982-1984);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (on deposit at the Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence 1984-2004 and from 2006 onwards)
Exhibition History
1983–84 Paris
Palais de Tokyo, musée d'Art et d'Essai, Paris, Nouvelles acquisitions du musée d'Orsay 1980-1983, November 28, 1983–September 1984, no. 17, ill., as Baigneuses, c. 1895?
1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 29.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 61, pl. 184 (reversed).
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 81, ill.
1995 Marseille and traveling
Hôtel de la région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille, France, Peintres de la couleur en Provence 1875-1920, January 28–April 28, 1995, pp. 332-333, ill., as Les Baigneuses, 1896. Traveled to: Musée du Luxembourg, Patis, France, May 15–August 15, 1995.
1998 Singapore
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, The Origins of Modern Art in France 1880-1939, May 15–September 13, 1998, no. 4, ill., as The Bathers, c. 1895.
2000 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 11, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay (dépôt Musée Granet, 1984).
2000–01 Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Visions du futur: une histoire des peurs et des espoir de l'humanité, October 5, 2000–January 1, 2001, no. 104, ill., as Baigneuses, c. 1895.
2002 Venice
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy, De Puvis de Chavannes à Matisse et Picasso: vers l'art moderne, February 10–June 6, 2002, no. 51 bis, ill., as Baigneuses, 1895-1898.
2004 Bologna
Gallerie d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, The Nude: Ideal and Reality from Neoclassicism to Today, January 22–May 9, 2004, no. 80, ill., as Bathers.
2004–05 Essen
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 232, ill. p. 72, as Baigneuses, 1895.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 128, ill. shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2008 Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Modigliani y su tiempo, February 5–May 18, 2008, no. 12, ill., as Bathers, 1896.
2009 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 56, ill., as Baigneuses.
2009–10 The Hague
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 22, ill., as Baigneuses.
2017–18 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne at home, October 20, 2017–April 1, 2018.
Published References
Gasquet 1921b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, p. 45, pl. p. 44, as ...les grands corps sacrés ...
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 220, listed.
Arishima 1925
Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 48.
Gasquet 1926
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1926, p. 73, pl. [15] hors texte, as ...les grands corps sacrés ...
Gasquet 1930b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 62.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 540, ill. vol. II, as Baigneuses.
Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, p. 191.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 251.
Waldfogel 1962
Waldfogel, Melvin. "A Problem in Cézanne's 'Grandes Baigneuses.'" The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962), p. 203 and 204, fig. 34.
Reff 1977c
Reff, Theodore. "Painting and Theory in the Final Decade." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 39, ill.
Musée d'Orsay 1983
Catalogue sommaire illustré des nouvelles acquisitions du Musée d’Orsay: 1980-1983. Lacambre, Geneviève et Thiébaut Philippe, publication directors, coordination. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1983, p. 14, no. 17, ill., as Baigneuses, c. 1895?
Gache-Patin 1984
Gache-Patin, Sylvie. "Musée d'Orsay, Galerie du Jeu de Paume: douze œuvres de Cézanne de l'ancienne collection Pellerin." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France 34, no. 2 (1984), pp. 139-141, fig. 13.
Coutagne et al. 1984a
Coutagne, Denis, et al. "Catalogue des oeuvres de Cézanne conservées au musée Granet d'Aix-en-Provence." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984, pp. 226-227, no. 8, ill and cover.
Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 127, ill. b/w.
Shoemaker and Reff 1989
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 146, 152, 203, 207.
Krumrine 1989a
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "'Les Baigneuses' de Cézanne du Musée Granet." Impressions du Musée Granet, no. 3 (September 1989), pp. 4–9, fig. 1 and cover.
Arrouye 1990b
Arrouye, Jean. "La montagne et la nue." In Sainte-Victoire Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, p. 217, fig. 193.
Arrouye 1995
Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, p. 108-109, ill. (mirrored).
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 48, ill.
Coutagne 1995b
Coutagne, Denis. "Les paysages." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 21.
Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 215.
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. 668, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneuses.
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 277, no. 21, ill., as Huit baigneuses, 1892-94.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 301; vol. 2, p. 209, as Baigneuses.
Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 177, fig. 128.
Arrouye 2011
Arrouye, Jean. "L'eau, miroir de la peinture." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 158, fig. 77, as Baigneuses, dated 1896.
Benedetti 2013b
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 83, fig. 118.

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneuses, c.1890 (FWN 958)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=648 (accessed on April 18, 2024).