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Having Closed the Book I Have Been Reading on Pathos (study)

Henri Matisse

Having Closed the Book I Have Been Reading on Pathos (study)

1929-1930

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Having Closed the Book I Have Been Reading on Pathos (study)

Henri Matisse

Having Closed the Book I Have Been Reading on Pathos (study)

Henri Matisse

Having Closed the Book I Have Been Reading on Pathos (study)

1929-1930

Physical Qualities Graphite on paper, Sheet: 330 x 250 mm. (13 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Marguerite Matisse Duthuit Collection
Object Number 2015.340.3
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Barbara Duthuit, New York; by inheritance from Marguerite Matisse Duthuit; the artist

Inscribed: Recto: at lower right, stamped in black ink "Essai"; at lower right, stamped in black ink: "HM" Verso: none

Artist

Henri Matisse

1868–1953

French, 1869-1954
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2000
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1719–1765
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Studies
1929–1930
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1719–1765
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Henri Matisse and Roger Lacourière
Studies
1929–1930
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1563–1573
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1929–1930
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1499–1533
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1929–1930
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