Henri Matisse
Girl Reading, Vase of Flowers
1921
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Henri Matisse
Girl Reading, Vase of Flowers
1921
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (38.4 x 46.4 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.246
Throughout his career, Matisse explored the still life both in its purest form and as an element in larger compositions. Often portraying his models in interior settings, he frequently included an arrangement of fruit or flowers in a vase, juxtaposing patterns and contours in a perfect fusion of line and color.
Publication References
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1930, p.6, no. 35. (Published as "Girl Reading")
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 24, pl. 51, ill. (Published as "Liseuse au Narcisse")
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. 16. (Published as "Girl Reading")
Gertrude Rosenthal, "Behold the Child," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1950, p. 17. (Published as "Girl Reading")
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1951, p. 557. (Published as "Girl Reading")
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. 61. (Published as "Girl Reading")
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. 58. (Published as "Girl Reading")
Pierre Schneider, Massimo Carrà and Xavier Deryng, "Tout l'Oeuvre Peint de Matisse 1904-1928," Paris: Flammarion, 1982, pp. 101, 114, no. 370, ill. (Published as "Jeune Fille Lisant")
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, 198.
Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, "Henri Matisse Chez Bernheim-Jeune, vols. 1-2" Paris: Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, 1995, pp. 1113, 1441, no. 551, ill. (Published as "La liseuse")
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. 70, 159, no. 23, 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.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by bequest, 1929; Claribel Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, 1922; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
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Inscribed: Recto: Lower right in black paint, "Henri Matisse" The painting has been wax lined and there are no visible inscriptions on the verso.