Five Bathers, 1879 - 1880

  • Paul Cézanne, French, 1839-1906

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 13 5/8 inches × 15 inches (34.6 × 38.1 cm)
  • 22 3/8 inches × 24 1/4 inches × 4 inches (56.8 × 61.6 × 10.2 cm)

Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

70.162

On View

  • Modern, Level 2, Central

Department

European Modern Art to 1970

sold by (Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris, France)

March 24, 1900, purchased by Egisto Fabbri (Florence, Italy) [for 2500 francs]

gift to his sister, Contessa Ernestine Ludolf, née Fabbri (Florence, Italy)

(Jean Dieterle, Paris, France)

before January 28, 1937, Mme. Paul [Juliette] Guillaume (Paris, France)

January-February 1937, Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Paul Cézanne, Five Bathers, 1879 - 1880, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.162.