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Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired directly from the artist) Auguste Pellerin, Paris M. and Mme. René Lecomte, Paris (acquired by descent from the above) Private Collection Christie's, New York, 8 November, 1999, lot 131 (consigned by the above) Private Collection (acquired from the above) Sotheby's, New York, 3 November 2011, lot 176 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Hommage à Cézanne , 1954, no. 38, p. 14, pl. XVI, illustrated Basel, Kunstmuseum, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden , 1989, no. 20, pp. 96, 312, illustrated in color and p. 98, pl. 63 (dated circa 1875-77)

Literature

Roger Fry, "Le développement de Cézanne," L'Amour de l'art , vol. VII, no. 12, December 1926, p. 416 (titled Petite ébauche ) Roger Fry, Cézanne: A Study of His Development , New York 1927, p. 86, pl. XXXIII, fig. 53, illustrated Lionello Venturi, Cézanne, son art - son oeuvre , vol. I, Paris 1936, no. 255, p. 122; vol. II, no. 255, pl. 68, illustrated (dated 1875-76) Roger Fry, Cézanne: A Study of His Development , London 1952, p. 86, pl. XXXIII, fig. 53, illustrated (titled The Toilet ) Sandra Orienti, The Complete Paintings of Cézanne , New York 1976, no. 279, p. 98, illustrated John Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. I, New York 1996, no. 592, p. 396; vol. II, no. 592, p. 197, illustrated Jean Colrat, Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature , Paris 2013, p. 75, pl. 11, illustrated Guy-Patrice and Floriane Dauberville, Paul Cézanne chez Bernheim-Jeune , Paris 2020, no. 252, illustrated (titled Femme nue, paysage ) Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash. " Bethsabée , 1885-90 (FWN 663)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of of Paul Cézanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné . https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=575 (accessed 13 October 2023).

Catalog summary

Property from a European Private Collection Paul Cézanne 1839 - 1906 Bethsabée oil on canvas 8⅜ by 7⅞ in. 21.3 by 20 cm. Executed circa 1885-90. Provenance Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired directly from the artist) Auguste Pellerin, Paris M. and Mme. René Lecomte, Paris (acquired by descent from the above) Private Collection Christie's, New York, 8 November, 1999, lot 131 (consigned by the above) Private Collection (acquired from the above) Sotheby's, New York, 3 November 2011, lot 176 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Roger Fry, "Le développement de Cézanne," L'Amour de l'art , vol. VII, no. 12, December 1926, p. 416 (titled Petite ébauche ) Roger Fry, Cézanne: A Study of His Development , New York 1927, p. 86, pl. XXXIII, fig. 53, illustrated Lionello Venturi, Cézanne, son art - son oeuvre , vol. I, Paris 1936, no. 255, p. 122; vol. II, no. 255, pl. 68, illustrated (dated 1875-76) Roger Fry, Cézanne: A Study of His Development , London 1952, p. 86, pl. XXXIII, fig. 53, illustrated (titled The Toilet ) Sandra Orienti, The Complete Paintings of Cézanne , New York 1976, no. 279, p. 98, illustrated John Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. I, New York 1996, no. 592, p. 396; vol. II, no. 592, p. 197, illustrated Jean Colrat, Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature , Paris 2013, p. 75, pl. 11, illustrated Guy-Patrice and Floriane Dauberville, Paul Cézanne chez Bernheim-Jeune , Paris 2020, no. 252, illustrated (titled Femme nue, paysage ) Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash. " Bethsabée , 1885-90 (FWN 663)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of of Paul Cézanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné . https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=575 (accessed 13 October 2023). Exhibited Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Hommage à Cézanne , 1954, no. 38, p. 14, pl. XVI, illustrated Basel, Kunstmuseum, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden , 1989, no. 20, pp. 96, 312, illustrated in color and p. 98, pl. 63 (dated circa 1875-77)