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Catalogue entry

FWN 628

Une moderne Olympia

1873–74

Alternate titles: A Modern Olympia; A Modern Olympia (Sketch); Die neue Olympia; Eine moderne Olympia; L'Olympia; La moderne Olympia; La Nouvelle Olympia; Moderne Olympia; Une moderne Olympia

Rewald (225): 1873–74; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Cézanne fils: 1875; Venturi (225): 1872–73; Rivière: 1868 (retouched in 1872?); Vollard: 1872; Cooper: c.1873; Gowing: c.1873; Ratcliffe: probably 1873; Other: P. Gachet: 1872

Oil on canvas

18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (46 x 55 cm)

Vollard archives: photo no. 269 and [264], Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1875

Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1951 31)

Keywords

People
Paul Cezanne:
- Cezanne (in figure composition) »
Still-life objects
Dishes and Vessels:
- vase »
Figure compositions:
- still-life in figure composition »
Figure compositions
Historical and Allegorical:
- Olympia »
Animals:
- dog / chien »

Catalogue Entry
Additional Materials
Sketchbook

Provenance

Dr. Paul Gachet, Auvers-sur-Oise;

Paul Gachet fils, Auvers-sur-Oise;

Musée du Louvre, Paris (1951, Gift of Paul Gachet);

Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1951-1986);

Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986)

Exhibition History

1874 Paris

Studio Nadar (35, boulevard des Capucines), Paris, Première exposition de la Société anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, April 15–May 15, 1874, no. 43, as Une moderne Olympia, Esquisse, lent by Dr. Gachet.

1936c Paris

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 28, as La moderne Olympia, lent by Gachet.

1939b Paris

Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 7, as Une moderne Olympia, lent by P. Gachet.

1953c Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Monticelli et le baroque provençal, June 19–September 15, 1953, no. 13, as Une moderne Olympia, c. 1872-1873, lent by Louvre.

1954 Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 25, pl. XI, lent by Musée du Louvre.

1954–55 Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Van Gogh et les peintres d'Auvers-sur-Oise, November 26, 1954–February 28, 1955, no. 8, as Une moderne Olympia, 1873.

1956 Aix-en-Provence

Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 11, ill. lent by Louvre.

1974b Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 6, ill. in color, as Une moderne Olympia.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 28, shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.

1999 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Un ami de Cézanne et de Van Gogh: le docteur Gachet, January 28–April 26, 1999, no. 1 (P.G. II-25), fig. 35, 37-40a, 41 and 43 (details), pp. 36–43 (ill. with copies by Paul van Ryssel (Dr Gachet) and Blanche Derousse and technical comparison), as A Modern Olympia (Sketch), 1873-74, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet, May 25–August 15, 1999; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, September 24–December 5, 1999.

2011–12 Paris

Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 48, ill., p. 97, as La moderne Olympia, lent by Musée d'Orsay.

2014–15a Paris

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Sade: attaquer le soleil, September 14, 2014–January 25, 2015, no. 325, ill., listed p. 326, as Une moderne Olympia.

2019c Paris

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Le modèle noir: de Géricault à Matisse, March 26–July 21, 2019, no. 115, listed p. 356, ill. pp. 162-163, as Une moderne Olympia.

Published References

Leroy 1874

Leroy, Louis. "L'exposition des impressionnistes." Le Charivari, April 25, 1874, p. 80, as Moderne Olympia.

Montifaud 1874

Montifaud, Marc de. "Exposition du boulevard des Capucines." L'Artiste (May 1, 1874), p. 310, as L'Olympia.

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 10, as La Nouvelle Olympia.

Vollard 1921

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Munich: Kurt Wolfe Verlag, 1921, ill. opp. p. 40, as Die neue Olympia, dated 1872.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 198, listed.

Pfister 1927

Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 26, as Die neue Olympia, 1872.

Rewald 1936a

Rewald, John. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Art sacré: revue mensuelle, special number, Cézanne (May 1936), p. 8, as La moderne Olympia.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 225, ill. vol. II, as Une moderne Olympia.

Rewald 1936e

Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, pp. 81–82, fig. 15.

Rewald 1937a

Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 54, as La moderne Olympia.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 34, p. 179, ill. (analysis on p. 314).

Rewald 1939c

Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, p. 202, fig. 43.

Rewald 1946

Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, pp. 245, 248, ill.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. VIII, listed p. 178.

Rewald 1948b

Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 50.

Rewald 1950a

Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 53.

Florisoone 1952

Florisoone, Michel. "Van Gogh et les peintres d'Auvers chez le Dr. Gachet." L'Amour de l'art 31, nos. 64-66 (November, 1952), p. 19, ill.

Rewald 1952

Rewald, John. "Gachet's Unknown Gems Emerge." Art News 51, no. 1 (March 1952), p. 18, ill.

Raynal 1954

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 34, ill.

Beucken 1955

Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], pp. 123, 128.

Badt 1956

Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, p. 103.

Gachet 1956

Gachet, Paul. Deux amis des impressionnistes: le Docteur Gachet et Murer. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1956, pp. 57–58.

Adhémar 1958

Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, pp. 16–17, no. 31.

Bazin 1958

Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, pp. 142-143, ill. 1873.

Sterling and Adhémar 1958

Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 248.

Mathey 1959

Mathey, François. Les Impressionnistes et leur temps. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1959, p. 25, ill., as Une moderne Olympia.

Hofmann 1960

Hofmann, Werner. Das irdische Paradies. Munich: Prestel, 1960, pl. 124.

Novotny 1961

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 3.

Rewald 1961

Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 323, ill.

Beucken 1962

Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 49, ill.

Brion-Guerry 1966

Brion-Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin Michel, 1966, pp. 152-153, as Une moderne Olympia.

Pool 1967

Pool, Phoebe. Impressionism. New York: Praeger, 1967, pl. 142, as A Modern Olympia, dated 1872–73.

Murphy 1968

Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 67.

Schapiro 1968

Schapiro, Meyer. "The Apples of Cézanne: An Essay on the Meaning of Still-Life." Art News Annual 34 (1968), pl. 10.

Ikegami 1969

Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 7.

Brion 1971

Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 30.

Adhémar et al. 1973

Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 140, ill. p. 17, as Eine moderne Olympia, c. 1873.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 27, ill.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 23.

Wadley 1975

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 19.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 60, ill.

Monneret 1978a

Monneret, Sophie. Cézanne, Zola . . . La fraternité du génie. Paris: Denoël, 1978, ill. cover and p. 19.

Monneret 1978b

Monneret, Sophie. L'Impressionnisme et son époque: dictionnaire international illustré. Paris: Denoël, 1978, vol. 1, ill. p. 120.

Adriani 1980

Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, p. 12, pl. 3.

Krumrine 1980

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts Magazine 54, no. 9 (May 1980), p. 115.

Ponente 1980

Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 7.

Plazy 1981

Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 33.

Ponente 1981

Ponente, Nello, ed. Cézanne e le avanguardie. Rome: Officina Edizioni, 1981, Covre: pl. 4.

Geist 1982

Geist, Sidney. "A Skull in Cézanne's 'A Modern Olympia.'" Iris Notes in the History of Art (February 1982), p. 15, fig. 12.

Harris 1982

Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 41, ill. in color.

Müller 1982

Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 8.

Barskaya 1983a

Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 22.

Lucie-Smith 1984

Lucie-Smith, Edward. Chefs-d’œuvre impressionnistes du Musée du Jeu de Paume. London: Thames & Hudson, 1984, p. 25, ill.

Wetzel 1984

Wetzel, Christoph. Paul Cézanne: Leben u. Werk. Stuttgart/Zurich: Belser, 1984, p. 20/21, ill. in color.

Bonafoux 1986

Bonafoux, Pascal. Les Impressionnistes portraits et confidences. Geneva: Skira, 1986, p. 97, ill.

Compin et al. 1986

Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 114, ill., as Une moderne Olympia, c. 1873-74.

Thomas 1987

Thomas, Denis. The Age of the Impressionists. Middlesex, U.K.: Holiday House, 1987, p. 152, ill.

Krumrine 1988

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Parisian Writers and the Early Work of Cézanne." In Cézanne: The Early Years. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 18.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 65, ill. in color.

Plazy 1988

Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 46, ill. in color.

Teboul 1988

Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 67, ill.

Distel 1989

Distel, Anne. Les Collectionneurs des impressionnistes: Amateurs et marchands. Paris: La Bibliothèque des arts, 1989, p. 201, ill.

Lewis 1989

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 105, fig. 50.

Wadley 1989

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 25, ill. in color.

Krumrine 1989b

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 51 p. 87.

Coutagne 1990c

Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne, tradition et modernité." In Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990, p. 84, fig. 31.

Naubert-Riser 1992

Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 61.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 67, fig. 54.

Arrouye 1995

Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, p. 99, ill.

Bonafoux 1995

Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 153, ill.

Patin 1995

Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 48.

Schmitt 1995

Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 35.

Sollers 1995

Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 106-07, ill.

Cahn 1995b

Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 55, ill.

Rewald 1996

Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 225, ill. vol. 2, as Une moderne Olympia.

Smith 1996

Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 31, fig. 23, as A Modern Olympia.

Harvey 1998

Harvey, Benjamin. "Cézanne and Zola: A Reassessment of 'L'Eternel féminin.'" Burlington, vol. 140, no. 1142 (May 1998), p. 312, fig. 18.

Maloon 1998

Maloon, Terence. "Classic Cézanne." In Classic Cézanne. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, p. 34, fig. 14.

Stein 1999

Stein, Susan, with the assistance of Julie Steiner. "Summary Catalogue of Works by Major Artists (Volume II, Cézanne [catalogue raisonné by Paul Gachet fils)." Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, p. 207, P.G. II-25, ill., (no. 1 of cat.), as A Modern Olympia (Sketch), 1873-74.

Baumann 2000

Baumann, Felix A. "Beyond the Uniform Picture Surface." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 24, fig. 5, as Une moderne Olympia.

Brettell 2000

Brettell, Richard R. "The Impression in 1874." In Impression: painting quckly in France 1860-1890. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 3, as A Modern Olympia.

Coutagne 2000

Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne au fil de l'eau." In Au fil de l'eau. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 18, as Une moderne Olympia.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 139, fig. 85.

Mai 2001

Mai, Ekkehard. "Entzauberung und Mystifikation: Wechselbilder der Venus-Olympia von Cabanel bis Cézanne." In Faszination Venus: Bilder einer Göttin von Cranach bis Cabanel. Cologne: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Snoeck - Ducaju & Zoon, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 194, fig. 14, as Moderne Olympia, 1872/73.

Platzman 2001

Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, pp. 128, 130–31, 200, fig. 33, as Une moderne Olympia.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. pp. 23 and 253 (detail), p. 310, no. 262, ill. c. 1873.

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 86, fig. 2.35, as Une moderne Olympia.

Locke 2003

Locke, Nancy. "Cézanne's 'Bathers', Watteau, and the Idea of Fantasy." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 77, no. 1/2 (2003), p. 22, fig. 7.

Andersen 2004

Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 179, fig. 93.

Adriani 2005

Adriani, Götz. "Eine Moderne Olympia." In Bordell und Boudoir. Schauplätze der Moderne: Cézanne, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 69, as Eine moderne Olympia.

Feilchenfeldt 2005c

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 203, ill.

Kear 2006

Kear, Jon. "'Frenhofer: c'est moi': Cézanne's Nudes and Balzac's 'Le Chef-d-oeuvre inconnu.'" The Cambridge Quarterly 35, no. 4 (2006), p. 352, fig. 2.

Mothe et al. 2006

Mothe, Alain, et al. Cézanne à Auvers-sur-Oise. Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône: editions du Valharmeil, 2006, pp. 112–13, ill.

D'Souza 2008

D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, pl. 6, ill.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 71; vol. 2, p. 70, as Une moderne Olympia.

Mitchell 2009

Mitchell, Mark D. "A New Tradition: Cézanne, Demuth, and the Invention of Modern Watercolor." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 282, fig. 10.3, as A Modern Olympia.

Vial 2011

Vial, Marie-Paule. "Olympia." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 97, ill., as Une moderne Olympia.

Coutagne 2011d

Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 181, fig. 123.

Müller 2012

Müller, Christina. Der Schritt durch den Rahmen: Bild und Weiblichkeitsmythos im Werk Brigitte Reimanns. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2012, fig. 7 p. 261, as Eine moderne Olympia, 1873.

Whiteley 2012

Whiteley, Linda. "Reception of Cézanne: Cézanne and the Past." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 147, fig. 83, p. 143 (detail), as A Modern Olympia.

Dombrowski 2013

Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 73, fig. 29 (detail) and pl. 5.

Rubin 2013

Rubin, James. "Amitiés et théories: Courbet/Proudhon, Cézanne/Zola ou comment Cézanne connu Courbet." In Courbet/Cézanne, La vérité en peinture. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 60, fig. 11.

Pola Museum of Art 2015

Cézanne: Pioneer of Modern Art. Kanagawa: Pola Museum of Art, Pola Art Foundation, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, p. 28, fig. 5.

Kendall 2017

Kendall, Richard. "Cézanne and His Early Critics." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 2.

Armstrong 2018

Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 6.

Cezanne 2021

Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 37.

Groom 2022

Groom, Gloria. "'At Once Unknown and Famous' – Cezanne in Paris." In Cezanne. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2022, p. 25, fig. 2.

Nagaï 2022a

Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 36.

Record last updated March 1, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Une moderne Olympia, 1873–74 (FWN 628)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=229 (accessed on November 30, 2023).