LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil and watercolor on paper (recto); pencil on paper (verso)

Measurements:

5.00 in. (12.70 cm.) (height) by 8.50 in. (21.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed 'Jeudi-20 Mardi-25 Jeudi-27 31x23' (verso)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Renou et Colle, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 1935. Kunsthaus, Zürich, Paul Cézanne, August-October 1956, p. 35, no. 141 (titled Badende Frauen and dated 1900-1906). Kunsthalle Tübingen and Kunsthaus, Zürich, Paul Cézanne: Aquarelle, January-May 1982, p. 287, no. 118 (recto illustrated in color; titled Weibliche Badende). Hamilton, The Picker Art Gallery and Austin, The Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, The Society of the Four Arts, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Works from a British Collection, March-November 1986, p. 36, no. 6 (recto illustrated, p. 37; titled Bathers, Mont Sainte-Victoire in the Distance). Norwich, Castle Museum, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Works from a British Collection, 1987, no. 15. Kunstmuseum Basel, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September-December 1989, p. 317, no. 92 (recto illustrated in color, p. 236, pl. 202).

Literature:

L. Venturi, "Sur les dernières années de Cézanne" in Minotaure, 1936, no. 9, pp. 33-39 (recto illustrated, fig. 12). L. Venturi, Cézanne: Son art–son oeuvre, Paris, 1936, vol. I, no. 1108 (recto illustrated, vol. II, pl. 321; titled Baigneuses and dated 1900-1906). J. Cassou, Cézanne: Les baigneuses-huit aquarelles reproduites en fac-similé, Paris, 1947 (recto illustrated in color). F. Jourdain, Cézanne. Paris, 1950 (recto illustrated in color; titled Baigneuses and dated 1900-1906). J. Rewald, Cézanne: Carnets de dessins, Paris, 1951, p. XXXIII. M. Waldfogel, "A Problem in Cézanne's Grandes Baigneuses" in The Burlington Magazine, May 1962, no. 104, pp. 200-204 (recto illustrated, p. 206, fig. 37). K. Badt, Das Spätwerk Cézannes, Konstanz, 1971, p. 49 (recto illustrated, fig. 14; titled Badende Frauen). W. Rubin, ed., Cézanne: The Late Work, New York, 1977, p. 399. J. Rewald, Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné, Boston, 1983, p. 245, no. 607 (recto illustrated, p. 447). I. Shoemaker and T. Reff, Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989, p. 23 (recto illustrated, fig. 11). G. Ballas, Cézanne: Baigneuses et baigneurs, thème et composition, Paris, 2002, pp. 86 and 279, no. 41 (recto illustrated in color, p. 86; recto illustrated again, p. 279; dated before 1905). M. Simms, Cézanne's Watercolors: Between Drawing and Painting, New Haven, 2008, p. 181 (recto illustrated in color, fig. 132; titled Bathers and dated 1894-1906). W. Feilchenfeldt, J. Warman and D. Nash, The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cézanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné (www.cezannecatalogue.com), nos. FWN 3010-x2a and x2b (recto and verso illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris (by descent from the artist). Otto Wertheimer, Paris. Robert von Hirsch, Basel; Estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 27 June 1978, lot 835. British Rail Pension Fund, London (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 4 April 1989, lot 18. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.