Medium:Watercolor over graphite (recto); graphite (verso)
Dimensions:Sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 11/16 in. (21 x 27.2cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P. Bliss Collection
Object Number:55.21.2
Baigneuses sous un pont (recto); l'Écorché de Houdon (verso)
The Bridge
Le pont
After Houdon: L'Ecorché
D'après Houdon: l'Ecorché
Georges Bernheim, Paris (until October 1919); Bernheim-Jeune et Cie, Paris (French)(until April 1920); Montross Gallery, New York; Lillie P. Bliss (American), New York (1920-1929); Museum of Modern Art, New York(1929-1951; Lillie P. Bliss Bequest)
New York. Montross Gallery. "Cézanne Watercolors," February 10, 1920–February 21, 1920.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters," April 17, 1920–May 9, 1920.
New York. Museum of French Art, French Institute. "Loan Exhibition of Works by Cézanne, Redon, Degas, Rodin, Gauguin, Derain, and Others," March 16, 1921–April 3, 1921.
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences. "Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters," June 12, 1926–October 14, 1926.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss," May 17, 1931–September 27, 1931.
Andover, Mass. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy. "Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss," October 17, 1931–December 15, 1931.
Indianapolis Museum of Art. "Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss," January 1932.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "The Lillie P. Bliss Collection," May 14–September 12, 1934.
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute. "Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection," March 13, 1935–April 10, 1935.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Cubism and Abstract Art," March 2–April 19, 1936.
Alger House Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts. "Masterpieces of 19th and 20th Century French Drawings," May 1, 1941–June 1, 1941.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Modern Drawings," February 16, 1944–May 10, 1944.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings," February 7–March 16, 1952.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings," April 4–May 18, 1952.
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. "The Nineteenth Century: One Hundred Twenty-Five Master Drawings," May 15, 1962–July 1, 1962.
New York. Knoedler and Co. "Cézanne Watercolors," April 2, 1963–April 20, 1963.
Pasadena Art Museum. "Cézanne Watercolors," November 10, 1967–December 10, 1967.
Paris. Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre. "Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York de David à Picasso," October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Cézanne: The Late Work," October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, 117.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Cézanne: The Late Work," January 26, 1978–March 19, 1978, 117.
Paris. Grand Palais. "Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895-1906)," April 20, 1978–July 23, 1978.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Nineteenth Century French Drawings and Prints," June 23–August 23, 1981.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Watercolors and Drawings by Paul Cézanne," September 6–November 6, 1988.
Kunstmuseum Basel. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers," September 10, 1989–December 10, 1989.
New York. Acquavella Galleries. "Cézanne Watercolors," October 18, 1999–November 24, 1999.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "Cézanne in Provence," January 29–May 7, 2006.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. "Cezanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity," October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Paul Cézanne: Drawings and Watercolors from the Metropolitan Museum’s Collection," November 18, 2014–March 15, 2015.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Cézanne Drawing," June 6–September 25, 2021.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Artists April 17 to May 9, 1920. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1920.
Museum of French Art, French Institute Loan Exhibition of Works by Cézanne, Redon, Degas, Rodin, Gauguin, Derain, and Others. New York, 1921.
Alfred H. Barr Jr. A[lbert] H. B[arr]., Jr., Museum of Modern Art Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lizzie P. Bliss, Vice-President of the Museum. New York, 1931.
Jerome Klein, Museum of Modern Art The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York, 1934, cat nos. 18A (recto), 18B (verso).
Watercolors and Drawings from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection. Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, 1935.
An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection. Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1935.
John Rewald "Amour de l'Art" "Cézanne au Louvre". 16, October 1935, 1935.
Alfred H. Barr Jr., Dorothy C. Miller, Ernestine M. Fantl, Beaumont Newhall Cubism and Abstract Art. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1936.
Lionello Venturi Cézanne: Son Art, Son Œuvre. Éditions Paul Rosenberg, 2 vols., Paris, 1936, cat nos. 1115 (recto), 1452 (verso).
Masterpieces of 19th and 20th Century French Drawing from the Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard University and the Museum of Modern Art of New York City. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 1941.
Alfred H. Barr Jr. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 1942, cat nos. 99a (recto), 99b (verso).
Modern Drawings. Monroe Wheeler, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1944.
Cézanne: 10 Watercolors. Pantheon Books Inc., New York, 1947, n.p. (recto).
John Rewald, Margaret H. Liebman Paul Cézanne: A Biography. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1948.
John Rewald, Margaret H. Liebman The Ordeal of Paul Cézanne. Phoenix House, London, 1950.
Regina Shoolman, Charles E. Slatkin Six Centuries of French Master Drawings in America. Oxford University Press, New York, 1950.
Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings A Loan Exhibition. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1952.
Daniel Catton Rich, Theodore Rousseau Jr. Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1952.
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Columbia University, Department of Art History and Archaeology, George Wittenborn, Inc. Cézanne Watercolors: An Exhibition at M. Knoedler and Company. Theodore Reff, Knoedler and Co., New York, 1963, pl. XXXVIII.
John Coplans Cézanne Watercolors. Pasadena Art Museum, Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, 1967.
Daniel M. Mendelowitz Drawing. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1967, p. 305.
Michel Hoog L'Univers de Cézanne. Henri Scrépel, Paris, 1971.
Jacob Bean et al., Musée du Louvre Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: De David à Picasso. Editions des Musées Nationaux, [Paris], 1973, pl. 69.
Adrien Chappuis The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1973.
Jacques Fryszman "French Drawings from the Metropolitan Museum at the Louvre." The Burlington Magazine. 115, no. 849, December 1973.
Theodore Reff, William Rubin, Museum of Modern Art Cézanne: The Late Work. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1977, pl. 197.
Howard Hibbard, The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Harper & Row, New York, 1980.
Jean Arrouye La Provence de Cézanne. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence, 1982.
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Denis Coutagne Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix Hommage à John Rewald. Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1996.
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José de los Llanos L'Aquarelle de Dürer à Kandinsky. Hazan, Vanves [Paris], 1996.
William Rubin Cézanne Watercolors A Benefit for the Department of Ophthalmology of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. Acquavella Galleries, New York, 1999, pl. 39 (recto).
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