Henri Matisse and Valsuani
Figure with Cushion
1917
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 5 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (13.3 x 26.7 x 10.5 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.433
Small bronze sculpture depicting a nude reclining female with her proper right arm leaning on a cushion.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase from the artist 1925.
"Matisse Retrospective Exhibition", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 13, 1951-January 13, 1952; The Cleveland Museum of Art February 5-March 16, 1952; The Art Institute of Chicago, April 1-May 1, 1952; The San Francisco Museum of Art May 21-July 6, 1952.
"Matisse Sculpture", Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, February 10-March 2, 1953.
"Cone Collection," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, February 10-March 2, 1953.
Brenda Richardson, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, "Matisse in The Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", August 24-October 14, 1979.
"Matisse Sculpture", Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, October 3, 1984-January 6, 1985.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash; BMA, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor", Dallas, January 21-April 29, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9-September 16, 2007; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 28, 2007-February 3, 2008, cat. no. 111, p. 275, ill. p. 230.
"Matisse Sculpture", Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, February 10-March 2, 1953.
"Cone Collection," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, February 10-March 2, 1953.
Brenda Richardson, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, "Matisse in The Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", August 24-October 14, 1979.
"Matisse Sculpture", Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, October 3, 1984-January 6, 1985.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash; BMA, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor", Dallas, January 21-April 29, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9-September 16, 2007; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 28, 2007-February 3, 2008, cat. no. 111, p. 275, ill. p. 230.
G. Poulain, 'Sculptures de Henri Matisse,' "Formes," No. IX, Nov. 1933, p. 10.
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland" (Baltimore: 1934) plate. # 121b.
'Cone Bequest,' "BMA News," Oct. 1949, no. 120.
Barr, Alfred Hamilton. Matisse, His Art and His Public. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1951, page 424.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," (Baltimore: BMA, 1955) 45, no. 153.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," revised edition (Baltimore: BMA, 1967) no. 142.
Albert Elsen, 'The Sculpture of Matisse,' "Art Forum, vol. VII, #2, Oct. 1968.
Albert Elsen, "The Sculpture of Matisse," (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971?) 143.
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, "The Sculpture of Henri Matisse," (London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1984) cat. # 54.
Kosinski, Dorothy, Jay McKean Fisher, and Steven Nash. Matisse: Painter as Sculptor. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art: Nasher Sculpture Center; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, pages 230, 275, cat. no. 111
Inscribed: "Henri Matisse" signed on cushion
Markings: Foundry mark: "Cire C. Valsuani Perdue" and edition number "2/10" both inscribed on cushion.
