The Large Bathers

Paul Cézanne

1898–1905 · Oil on canvas · Philadelphia Museum of Art

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About this work

Artist: Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
Year: 1898–1905
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 210.5 × 250.8 cm
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Movement: Post-Impressionism
Series: Bathers series

Cézanne's largest, last and most ambitious treatment of nude figures in a landscape, worked on from about 1898 until his death in 1906 and left unfinished. The nude women are arranged in two groups beneath trees that lean inward to form a great triangle, with a river and the far bank between them; the figures are built from the same patches of blue, ochre and green as the trees and sky. Bathers had occupied Cézanne for decades, and this canvas, over two and a half metres wide, gathers the whole series into a single, monumental statement, deliberately timeless rather than fashionable. It was owned by Leo Stein before the Philadelphia Museum of Art bought it in 1937 with funds provided by Joseph E. Widener. Its planar figures and triangular structure made it a touchstone for Matisse, Picasso and the generations that followed.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Large Bathers in the public domain?

Yes. Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Philadelphia Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Large Bathers painted, and in what medium?

The Large Bathers dates from 1898–1905 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 210.5 × 250.8 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Paul Cézanne's The Large Bathers — The Large Bathers — nudes beneath an arch of leaning trees, Cézanne's monumental final composition — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Post-Impressionism, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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