Catalogue entry

Jerry L. Thompson; © Collection of Jasper Johns

FWN 3003-41b

D'après l'antique: Vénus de Milo

1872–75

Alternate titles: After the antique : Venus of Milo; After the antique: the Venus de Milo; Vénus de Milon, d'après l'antique

Chappuis (306)

Graphite on wove paper, p. XLI verso from the CP I sketchbook

4 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (12.1 x 20 cm)

Jasper Johns

Keywords

Figure compositions
Historical and Allegorical:
- Vénus »
Studies
After sculpture:
- after the Antique »

Provenance

Kenneth Clark, London

Sotheby's, London, July 1, 1987, no. 420, ill.

Jasper Johns

Exhibition History

1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling

Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 30 verso, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 156, as After the antique: the Venus de Milo, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.

2023–24 Basel

Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Jasper Johns – The Artist as Collector, From Cezanne to de Kooning, September 30, 2023–February 4, 2024, no. 13b.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, as verso of no. 1256.

Berthold 1958

Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 17, ill.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 306, ill., as After the antique : Venus of Milo.

Chédeville 2018

Chédeville, François. "Datation des copies de sculptures réalisés par Cezanne (I)." March 22, 2018, as Vénus de Milon, d'après l'antique, 1871–72.

Greek, c. 100 BC, Aphrodite, dite Vénus de Milo (The Venus of Milo), marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Related work

Record last updated March 5, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après l'antique: Vénus de Milo, 1872–75 (FWN 3003-41b), p. XLI verso from the CP I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1962 (accessed on May 1, 2025).