Henri Matisse
Girl with Ruffled Blouse (White Jabot)
1936
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Henri Matisse
Girl with Ruffled Blouse (White Jabot)
1936
Physical Qualities
Pen and black ink on paper, Sheet: 381 × 282 mm. (15 × 11 1/8 in.)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.55
Matisse frequently purchased items of clothing for models to wear in his compositions, often choosing examples that featured rich and elaborate decorations or patterns. Here, the ruffled blouse dominates the lower half of the paper, leading the viewer’s eye up the page to the model’s face. The energetic strokes used to create the rhythms of the ruffles contrast with the simpler lines used for the figure’s facial features. Matisse felt his pen and ink drawings from this period were some of his most successful and authentic works, as he could freely express his emotions quickly with his confident line.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase;
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, "Henri Matisse: Le laboratoire intérieur," November 30, 2016-March 6, 2017, cat. 157.
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.
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, "Matisse and American Drawing," September 26 - December 12, 2004, cover (illus).
The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Denver Art Museum, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art," March 11, 2000 - June 25, 2000; circulated to the Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23, 2000 - September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000 - January 28, 2001. (Toronto only?).
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
BMA, Cone Wing rotation, 13 September 1994 - 24 January 1995.
BMA, Cone Wing rotation, 22 April - 16 September 1993.
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
BMA, "European Drawings and Watercolors, 1941 - 1940: Selections from the Museum Collection," 19 February - 28 April, 1985.
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, "Matisse Exhibition," 20 March - 17 May 1981; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 26 May - 19 July 1981, cat. no. 129.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, "Matisse in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 24 August - 14 October 1979.
The Wildenstein Gallery, NY, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein, New York," 29 March - 11 May 1974.
City of Darmstadt, Germany, "III. Internationale der Zeichnung/Retrospektive Henri Matisse," 15 August - 11 November 1970.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse: The Sinuous Line," (second rotation) May 8 - October 2, 2022.
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.
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, "Matisse and American Drawing," September 26 - December 12, 2004, cover (illus).
The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Denver Art Museum, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art," March 11, 2000 - June 25, 2000; circulated to the Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23, 2000 - September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000 - January 28, 2001. (Toronto only?).
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
BMA, Cone Wing rotation, 13 September 1994 - 24 January 1995.
BMA, Cone Wing rotation, 22 April - 16 September 1993.
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
BMA, "European Drawings and Watercolors, 1941 - 1940: Selections from the Museum Collection," 19 February - 28 April, 1985.
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, "Matisse Exhibition," 20 March - 17 May 1981; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 26 May - 19 July 1981, cat. no. 129.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, "Matisse in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 24 August - 14 October 1979.
The Wildenstein Gallery, NY, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein, New York," 29 March - 11 May 1974.
City of Darmstadt, Germany, "III. Internationale der Zeichnung/Retrospektive Henri Matisse," 15 August - 11 November 1970.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse: The Sinuous Line," (second rotation) May 8 - October 2, 2022.
Barr, Alfred Hamilton. Matisse, His Art and His Public. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1951, page 473.
3. [Dritte] Internationale der Zeichnung. [Darmstadt], [1970], page 139.
Clisby, Roger D. 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings from the Baltimore Museum of Art: Catalogue [of an exhibition held at the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, November 3 - December 2, 1973, Honolulu Academy of Arts, January 18 - February 17, 1974, and William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, April 2 - April 21, 1974]. [Sacramento, CA]: E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, 1973, cat. no. 42, unpaged.
Musée National d'Art Moderne. Henri Matisse: Dessins et Sculpture: Musée National d'Art Moderne, 29 Mai - 7 Septembre 1975. [Paris]: Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, 1975, ill. page 136, plate 95.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed., Matisse: 20 March - 17 May, 1981, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: 26 May - 19 July, 1981, the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1981, pp. 143, 235, no. 129 (published as “The White Jabot”).
Izerghina, Antonina Nikolaevna. Henri Matisse: Paintings and Sculptures in Soviet Museums. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, ©1978; 1986, p. 189 (published as "White Jabot").
Nicholas Watkins. Matisse. Oxford: Phaidon, 1984, page 186 (published as “The White Jabot”).
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 57, 76, pl. 35, ill.
Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle and Sylvie Ramond. Henri Matisse: Le Laboratoire intérieur. Paris: Editions Hazan; Lyon: Musée des Beaux-Arts Lyon, 2016.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.
Inscribed: lower left in black ink: "Henri Matisse 36"
Markings: WM: MBM, lower left quad.
