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Henri Matisse

Head of a Young Girl (Marguerite)

1905

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Henri Matisse

Head of a Young Girl (Marguerite)

1905

Physical Qualities Bronze, 6 5/16 x 6 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (16 x 17.1 x 14.6 cm.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.426
Small bronze portrait bust of artist's daughter Marguerite.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase from the artist, 30 Oct. 1929.
Matisse, Picasso, and the School of Paris

Matisse as Printmaker

Matisse's Marguerite: Model Daughter
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland" (Baltimore: 1934) plate. # 119c.
'Cone Bequest,' "BMA News," Oct. 1949, no. 113.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," (Baltimore: BMA, 1955) 45, no. 146.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," revised edition (Baltimore: BMA, 1967) no. 135.
Albert Elsen, 'The Sculpture of Matisse, Part III: Primitivism, Partial Figures and Portraits' "Art Forum, vol. VII, #3, Nov. 1968.
Albert Elsen, "The Sculpture of Matisse," (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971?) 118.
Legg, Alicia. The Sculpture of Matisse. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1972, cat. no. 51, page 14.
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, "The Sculpture of Henri Matisse," (London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1984) cat. # 21.
John Klein, "Matisse Portraits," (London: Yale University Press, 2001) pl. 63, ill.
Soria, Martine. Henri Matisse. [Valencia]: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern; BBVA, [2003], pages 148-149.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.
Claude Duthuit and Wanda de Guébriant, "Henri Matisse: Catalgoue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté," Paris, Claude Duthuit (publisher), 1997, p. 62, cat. #25 (edition 5).

Inscribed: Signed "Henri Matisse," proper right near base.

Markings: "Cire C. Valsuani Perdue" [Valsuani Cire Perdue] "5/10"

Artist

Henri Matisse

1868–1953

French, 1869-1954
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