Henri Matisse

Étretat, the Beach

1920

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Henri Matisse

Étretat, the Beach

Henri Matisse

Étretat, the Beach

1920

Physical Qualities Oil on artist's canvasboard, Unframed: 14 15/16 × 18 × 1/2 in. (37.9 × 45.7 × 1.3 cm.) Framed: 20 3/4 × 24 × 3 in. (52.7 × 61 × 7.6 cm.)

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

Object Number 1950.235

The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by bequest, 1929; Claribel or Etta Cone, by purchase, July 11, 1922; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by purchase, 1920; George Bernheim

Adelyn D. Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture", April 1, 1930-December 1, 1930, no. 17 or 34. (Exhibited as "Etretat")

Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 41. (Exhibited as Cliff, Etretat)

Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 28, 1958-November 24, 1958. (Exhibited as Cliff, Etretat)

Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29, 1974-May 4, 1974, no. 22. (Exhibited as "Cliff, Étretat")

Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, August 24, 1979-October 14, 1979. (Exhibited as Cliff, Etretat)

Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", October 3, 1996-December 28, 1996, no. 12; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8, 1997-February 11, 1997.

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

Musée Matisse, Nice, "Henri Matisse: la Dissolution du Trait", July 1, 2011-October 2, 2011.

"Baltimore Women Own Large Collection of Matisse Works," "The Baltimore Sun," December 14, 1924, p. M20. (Published as "Etretat")

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1930, pp.5, 6, nos. 17 or 34.

Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 24, pl. 41, ill. (Published as "La Falaise, Étretat")

George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of the Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 15. (Published as "Cliff, Etretat")

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1951, p. 557. (Published as "Cliff, Etretat")

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. 34, no. 50. (Published as "Cliff, Etretat")

George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 66, no. 47. (Published as "Cliff, Etretat")

Massimo Carrà and Mario Luzi, "L'opera di Matisse dalla rivolta 'fauve' all'intimismo 1904-1928," Milan: Rizzoli 1971, pp. 99, 100, 113, 114, no. 326, ill. (Published as "Rocce")

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, no. 22. (Published as "Cliff, Etretat")

Pierre Schneider, Massimo Carrà and Xavier Deryng, "Tout l'Oeuvre Peint de Matisse 1904-1928," Paris: Flammarion, 1982, pp. 99-100, 115, no. 326, ill. (Published as "Rochers")

Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 104, 170, 197.

Girard, Xavier. Les chefs-d'œuvre du Musée Matisse, Nice, Cimiez. [Dijon]: Ville de Dijon; [Paris]: Réunion des musées nationaux; [Nice-Cimiez]: Musée Matisse, [1991], page 58.

Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, "Henri Matisse Chez Bernheim-Jeune, vols. 1-2" Paris: Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, 1995, pp. 924-925, no. 423, ill. (Published as "Étretat")

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. 59, 149, 158, no. 12, ill.

Douglas L. Frost, " MICA: Making History/Making Art," Baltimore: Maryland Institute College of Art, 2010, p. 135, ill.

Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, p. 19, 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: "Henri Matisse" in paint on the lower left Verso: There is a drawing in graphite that looks like a sketch of the painting on the center and bottom. "62" is hand written and circled in blue pencil on the top right Backing Board A white label with black type has been placed on the upper right side of a blue corrugated paper backing board. It reads, "THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART/ART MUSEUM DRIVE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21218/TITLE ETRETAT, THE BEACH/ARTIST HENRI MATISSE/ACCESSIONS NUMBER 1950.235/ LOAN NUMBER/ DONOR THE CONE COLLECTION/ LENDER"