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© The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963-181-123
FWN 1860
Olympia
c.1877
Alternate title: Courtisan et personnages
Rewald (W135); Venturi revised: 1872–74; Venturi (882): 1875–77
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
9 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (24.1 x 27 cm)
watermark: Vidalon
Vollard archives: photo without no.
Philadelphia Museum of Art (The Louis E. Stern Collection)

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Renou & Colle, Paris
Fine Arts Associates (Otto Gerson), New York
Louis E. Stern, New York;
Philadelphia Museum of Art (1963)
Exhibition History
1935b Paris
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
1937 New York
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 17, as Courtisan et personnages.
1938 London
Matthiesen Gallery, London, A Century of French Drawings: from Prud'hon to Picasso, May 3–31, 1938, no. 14, as Olympia (for sale).
1949d New York
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Modern Painters - Old Masters, 1949d, no no.
1952 New York
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cézanne: Rarely Shown Works, November 10–29, 1952, [W] 3, ill. formerly Paul Cézanne fils; lent by Louis E. Stern.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 60, ill. lent by Louis E. Stern.
1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 3, pl. II, as Olympia, 1875-77, lent by Estate of Louis E. Stern, New York.
1964 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1964, no. 18, ill., as Olympia.
1983 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections, July 19–August 21, 1983, no. 24, ill.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 29, ill. in color, p. 137, as Olympia, c. 1875, lent by Philadelphia MA, shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
2011–12 Paris
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 49, ill., p. 99, as Olympia, lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, The Louis E. Stern Collection.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 47, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 8, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 149, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 882, ill. vol. II, as Olympia.
Rivière 1942
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 61, ill.
Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 8.
Canaday 1959
Canaday, John. Mainstreams of Modern Art. New York: Holt, 1959, p. 349, fig. 422.
Reff 1960a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 172.
Moskowitz and Thorson 1962
Moskowitz, Ira and Thorson, Victoria. Great drawings of all time. New York: Shorewood Publishers, 1962, Vol. III, pl. 811.
Philadelphia Museum of Art 1964
The Louis E. Stern Collection. Philadelphia, 1964, no. 18, p. 25, ill., as Olympia.
Lindsay 1969b
Lindsay, Jack. Cézanne: His Life and Work. London: Evelyn, Adams & Mackay, 1969, fig. 81.
Reff 1976
Reff, Theodore. Manet: Olympia. New York: Viking Press, 1976, pp. 32-35, fig. 12.
Adriani 1980
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, pp. 54-55, pl. 5.
Ponente 1981
Ponente, Nello, ed. Cézanne e le avanguardie. Rome: Officina Edizioni, 1981, fig. 12.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 135, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 73, ill.
Wattenmaker et al 1993
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 106, fig. 1.
Terrasse 1995
Terrasse, Antoine. Les aquarelles de Cézanne. Paris: Flammarion, 1995, pp. 38-9, ill.
Andersen 2004
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 180, fig. 94.
Vial 2011
Vial, Marie-Paule. "Olympia." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 99, ill.
Dombrowski 2013
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 97, fig. 39.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 90, fig. 49.

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Record last updated December 8, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Olympia, c.1877 (FWN 1860)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1113 (accessed on April 18, 2024).