Olympia
Artist
Anne Noggle
(American, 1922 - 2005)
Date1990s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 cm)
Support: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Support: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of the Anne Noggle Foundation, 2016
Object number2016.2.18
DescriptionWoman lounging on a bed with a flowered spread. She is leaning on her right arm which is placed on a flowered pillow. She is wearing soft, draping garments and looking at the viewer. Her knees are bend and legs behind her, left hand resting on left knee.eMuseum Notes
This image presumably refers to Olympia, Edward Manet’s radical 1863 painting of a pampered
courtesan, as Noggle also made a variation in which she is reclining in a
similar pose. In her work of the 1980s-1990s, Noggle consistently asserted the
vitality and even the sexuality of older women, reminding us that they have
more on their minds than knitting and grandchildren.
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