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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Les baigneurs, petite planche (The Bathers, small plate)
Paul Cézanne frequently depicted nude figures lounging in a landscape. The French artist used this subject to explore themes of leisure, imagining an escape into nature. The scene also provided an avenue to experiment with new styles and techniques, given the challenge of depicting the human body in multiple poses within a larger setting.
Les baigneurs was one of his first works exhibited in the US, shown at Alfred Stieglitz’s New York gallery in 1910.
ArtistPaul Cézanne(1839-1906)
French, 1839 - 1906
Date1896-1897
MediumColor lithograph
Dimensions21 7/8 x 23 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (55.6 x 59.4 x 2.9 cm)
Signedl.r., in margin: P. Cezanne
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClassificationPrint
ProvenanceAlfred Stieglitz, New York, NY; by bequest to Georgia O’Keeffe (his wife), New York, NY, 1946; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1949; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as co-owners, 2012
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 70× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
