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)
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
Provenance
Private collection, U.S.A.
Private collection
Exhibition History
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 42, lent by K. Clark.
Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom, The Spirit of France, June 1943, no. 56.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Constable to Cézanne, December 4–24, 1944, no. 43, as Baigneurs, lent by Sir Kenneth Clark.
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.
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.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 43, pl. 27.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 17, pl. 13.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 67, pl. 168.
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.
Tate, London, Kenneth Clark Looking for Civilisation, May 19–August 10, 2014, no. 48, p. 58, pl. 31.
Published References
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, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 729, ill. vol. II, as Esquisse de baigneurs.
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 May 3, 2024).
