Pierre Matisse
Aristide Maillol and Henri Matisse in Maillol’s Garden
1924-1934
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Pierre Matisse
Aristide Maillol and Henri Matisse in Maillol’s Garden
1924-1934
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 443 x 325 mm. (17 7/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.1977.19.8
Henri Matisse’s son, Pierre, who was a major dealer of modern art in New York, took a number of photographs of his father at work and interacting with other artists. Here Matisse and his friend Maillol are looking at Maillol’s sculpture, Monument to Debussy, 1930.
Matisse: Painter as Sculptor
Inscribed: by later hand?, upper center verso in black ink: "Maillol and Henri Matisse in Maillol's garden/ looking at sculpture 'Seated Nude' (bronze) - by Maillol/ now in Toledo Museum of Art"; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: "President - Mr. Goslein/ Curator Mr. Blake Godwin"