Henri Matisse

Ballet Dancer Seated on a Stool

1927

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Henri Matisse

Ballet Dancer Seated on a Stool

1927

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, Unframed: 32 1/8 × 23 7/8 in. (81.6 × 60.6 cm.) Framed: 39 9/16 × 31 3/4 in. (100.5 × 80.6 cm.)

Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland

Object Number 1950.254

“Colors have a beauty of their own which must be preserved, as one strives to preserve pure tones in music. It is a question of organization and construction that is sensitive to maintaining this beautiful freshness of color. . . .What counts most with color are relationships . . . . No doubt there are a thousand different ways of working with color. But when one composes with it, like a musician with harmonies, it is simply a question of emphasizing the differences.”—Henri Matisse, 1945

The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, 1948; the artist, Paris, through Pierre Matisse, New York

Palais de Bois, Paris, "Salon des Tuileries", 1927 (exhibited as "Danseuse").

Galerien Thannhauser, Berlin, "Henri Matisse", 1930, no. 72 (exhibited as "Sitzende Tänzerin").

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition", November 3-December 6, 1931, no. 72 (exhibited as "Ballet Dancer").

Henry Clifford, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Henri Matisse", April 3-May 9, 1948, no. 67 (exhibited as "Ballet Dancer").

Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7-December 31, 1949, no. 58 (exhibited as "Ballet Dancer").

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to M. Knoedler & Company, New York, January 24-February 19, 1955 (exhibited as "Ballet Dancer").

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 21-November 4, 1955 (exhibited as "Ballet Dancer").

Museums at Sunrise, Charleston, WV, "Early Figurative Works of Henri Matisse", August 1-September 18, 1980.

Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993-January 30, 1994.

Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", October 3-December 28, 1996, no. 31; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8-February 11, 1997.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Denver Art Museum, March 11-June 25, 2000; circulated to the Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23-September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000-January 28, 2001.

Sean Rainbird, Ina Conzen, and Ortrud Westheider, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, "Matisse: People, Masks, Models", September 24, 2008-January 11, 2009, no. 78; circulated to Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, January 31-April, 19, 2009 (exhibited as "Ballerine au tabouret/Ballet Dancer Seated on a Stool").

The Baltimore Museum of Art and the American Federation of the Arts, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse as Printmaker", October 25, 2009-January 3, 2010; circulated to Tampa Museum of Art, February 6-April 18, 2010; Art Gallery of Alberta, October 29, 2010-February 13, 2011.

Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore", circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May-25 September 2011, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 June-23 September 2012, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012-10 February 2013.

Florent Fels, "XXe Siècle: Henri-Matisse," "Éditions des Chroniques du Jour," 1929, no. 3, pl. 30, ill. (published as "Danseuse Classique").

Hans Purrmann, "Henri Matisse," Berlin: Galerien Thannhauser, 1930, no. 72 (published as "Sitzende Tänzerin").

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1931, pp. 21, 52, no. 72, ill. (published as "Ballet Dancer").

Roger Fry, "Henri-Matisse," New York: E. Weyhe, 1935, p. 34, ill. (published as "Dancer").

Roger Fry, "Henri-Matisse," Paris: Éditions des Chroniques du Jour, 1935, p. II, ill. (published as "Danseuse Classique").

Riichiro Kawashima, "Matisse," Tokyo: Atelier-Sha, 1936, p. 20, ill

Louis Aragon, Henry Clifford, and Henri Matisse, "Henri Matisse: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture," Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1948, p. 40, no. 67, ill. (published as "Ballet Dancer").

Gertrude Rosenthal, "Selections from the Cone Collection," The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 7 - December 31, 1949, p. 18 (published as "Ballet Dancer").

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1951, pp. 214-216, 447, 557, 575, p. 447, ill. (published as "Ballet Dancer").

Clive Bell, "Modern French Painting: The Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1951, p. 23 (published as "Ballet Dancer").

Gaston Diehl, "Henri Matisse," Paris: Éditions Pierre Tisné, 1954, p. 79 (published as "Danseuse Assise").

"Matisse: A Rare Collection Record," "Vogue" March 1, 1955, vol. 125, pp. 133, 135, ill. p. 135 (published as "Ballet Dancer").

"Part of Cone Art Collection to be Exhibited in New York," "The Baltimore Sun," January 16, 1955, p. 13, ill.

George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 36, no. 69 (published as "Ballet Dancer").

Charlotte Devree, "Two Victorians in Modern Art," "The New York Times," January 16, 1955, p. SM24, ill. (published as "Ballet Dancer").

George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 67, no. 66 (published as "Ballet Dancer").

Massimo Carrà and Mario Luzi, "L'opera di Matisse dalla rivolta 'fauve' all'intimismo 1904-1928," Milan: Rizzoli, 1971, pp. 104, 113, 114, no. 447, ill. (published as "Ballerina").

Pierre Schneider, Massimo Carrà, and Xavier Deryng, "Tout l'Oeuvre Peint de Matisse 1904-1928," Paris: Flammarion, 1982, pp. 104, 114, no. 447, ill. (published as "Danseuse Classique").

Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 8, 94, 194, p. 8, ill.

Jack Cowart and Dominique Fourcade, "Henri Matisse The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987, p. 262, ill.

Jacqueline and Maurice Guillaud, "Matisse: Le Rythme et la Ligne," Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, pp. 188, 644, no. 197, ill. (Published as "Danseuse classique")

Susie Kalil, "The Joy of Color, the Ecstasy of Form," "Houston Press," December 23, 1993, p. 27.

Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, "Henri Matisse Chez Bernheim-Jeune, vols. 1-2" Paris: Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, 1995, pp. 1264, 1443, no. 668, ill. (Published as "Danseuse sur un tabouret")

Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, pp. 14, 80, 159, no. 31, ill.

Néret, Gilles. Henri Matisse. Köln; New York: Taschen, [1999], page 131.

Eric Gibson, "The Gallery: Seeing Matisse in a New Light," "Wall Street Journal," July 9, 2001, p. A.26, ill.

Pierre Sanchez, "Dictionnaire du Salon des Tuileries: Repertoire des Exposants et Liste des Oeuvres Presentees 1923-1962," Dijon: L'Echelle de Jacob, 2007, p. 524. (Published as "Danseuse")

Ortrud Westheider, Michael Philipp, Dorothee Böhm, Ina Conzen, Frank-Thomas Ziegler, "Matisse: People, Masks, Models," Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2008, p. 171, no. 78, ill. (Published as "Ballerine au tabouret/Ballet Dancer Seated on a Stool")

Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 68, 76, pl. 46, ill.

Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.

Inscribed: Recto: Signed, lower right in dark paint, "Henri Matisse"