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achieved an almost equal succès de scandale at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. It was one of the three works included, and it was because of Cézanne’s inclusion that Manet did not exhibit himself. One comment was: “Cézanne merely gives the impression of being a sort of madman who paints in ‘delirium tremens.’” It was the last outburst of Baroque excess as far as the youthful Cézanne was concerned.

PLATE 5 AModern Olympia (1872–73) Oil on canvas, 18 x 21 2 ⁄

3 inches (46 x 55 cm)

AModern Olympia represents the exotic element in Cézanne’s character that led him into curious historicist exercises. This painting parodies Manet’s Olympia , the scandalous work exhibited in the 1865 Salon, and it

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