Henri Matisse
Large Reclining Nude
1934
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Henri Matisse
Large Reclining Nude
1934
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 26 1/8 × 36 3/4 in. (66.4 × 93.3 cm.)
Framed: 34 5/8 × 45 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (87.9 × 115.9 × 5.7 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.258
The original composition for Large Reclining Nude began as a conventional nude figure reclining in an interior space, furnished with a chair and vase of flowers. Over a period of six months, Matisse transformed the painting into a masterpiece of geometry, simplified form, and flat color. Throughout this long process, he explored variations of pose and attitude, altering the figure’s position and increasing its level of abstraction. Matisse pinned pieces of colored paper to the painting’s surface to work out the composition—a practice that anticipates his celebrated paper cut-outs in the following decades. Twenty-two photographs documenting the artist’s process record every stage of the painting’s development. In 1935, Matisse sent all the photographs to Etta Cone, his patron in Baltimore, to involve her in the project. Matisse’s shrewd tactic paid off: Etta could not resist purchasing the finished painting the following year.
Publication References
Roger Fry, "Henri-Matisse," Paris: Éditions des Chroniques du Jour, 1935, no. 57, ill. (published as "Différents États de la Peinture 'Nu Couché'").
"Exposition d'Oeuvres Recentes de Henri-Matisse," Paris: Galerie Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 7 (published as "Grand nu couché").
Raymond Escholier, "Henri Matisse 68 Reproductions dont 8 en Couleurs," Paris: Librairie Floury, 1937, p. 106, p. 151, ill. (Published as "Grand nu Couché, Fond a Carreaux")
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. 18. (published as "Pink Nude").
Doris Brian, "The Baltimore Museum's Cone Collection: A Pointed Star," "The Art Digest," January 15, 1950, vol. 24, no. 8, p. 8, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1951, pp. Table of Contents Part VIII, Section IV, 223, 224, 247-249, 274, 472-473, 557, 575, 586, ill. pp. 472-473 (published as "The Pink Nude").
Clive Bell, "Modern French Painting: The Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1951, pp. 18, 23 (published as "The Pink Nude").
Gaston Diehl, "Henri Matisse," Paris: Éditions Pierre Tisné, 1954, pp. 86, 145, 156, 161, pl. 109, ill. (ublished as "Nu Rose").
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Museum, 1955, p. 37, no. 73 (published as "Pink Nude").
Howard Devree, "About Art and Artists: Works by Matisse, Picasso and Others From Cone Collection Displayed," "The New York Times," January 25, 1955, p. 23 (published as "Pink Nude").
John Mason Brown and Kenneth Clark, "Nude in Painting," New York: Wildenstein and Company, 1956, no. 42, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Paul Georges, "A Painter Looks at: a) The Nude, b) Corot," "Art News," November 1956, vol. 55, no. 7, p. 39, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Gertrude Rosenthal, "Matisse's Reclining Figures: A Themes and its Variations," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," February 1956, vol.XIX, no. 3, pp. 13-15, figs. 5, 6, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
"News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," February 23, 1957, p. 7, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
"The Cone Wing," "News of the Baltimore Museum of Art," March 1957, p. 7, ill. p. 7. (published as "The Pink Nude").
Leslie Judd Portner, "Worthy Home for Cone Collection," "The Washington Post and Times Herald," August 25, 1957, p. E7 (published as "Pink Nude").
Jacques Lassaigne, "Matisse," Geneva: Editions d'Art Albert Skira, 1959, pp. 106, 112, 133, 138, p. 106, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
"Anatomy and Art," Kansas City, MO: Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum, 1960, no. 127, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Raymond Escholier, "Matisse: A Portrait of the Artist and the Man," New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960, pp. 10, 14, 15, 155, 223, no. 48, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
"French Painting from Delacroix to Picasso," Wolfburg, Germany: Stadthalle Wolfsburg, 1961, no. 29, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
Barbara Pollack, "The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone," Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, Inc., 1962, pp. 229-230 (published as "The Pink Nude").
Jean Selz, "Matisse," Paris: Flammarion, 1964, p. 48, p. 51, ill. (published as "Nu Rose").
René Huyghe, ed., "Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art from 1800 to the Present Day," New York: Prometheus Press, 1965, pp. 282-283, no. 765, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
David Sylvester, ed., "The Book of Art: A Pictorial Encyclopedia of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture. Modern Art: From Fauvism to Abstract Expressionism, vol. 8," New York: Grolier, 1965, p. 91, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
Kent Roberts Greenfield, "The Museum: Its First Half Century," "Annual I," 1966, p. 53, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
Jean Leymarie, Herbert Read and William S. Lieberman, "Henri Matisse," Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1966, pp. cover page, 16, 99, 191, no. 71, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
"Loans to Other Institutions September 1964 through March 1965," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1967, vol. XXVIII, nos. 2, 3 and 4, p. 24 (published as "The Pink Nude").
"Seventy-Five Masterworks: An Exhibition of Paintings in Honor of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of The Portland Art Association 1892-1967," Portland, OR: The Portland Art Museum, 1967, no. 41, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, pp. 24, 41, 67, fig. 70, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
Frederick Brill, "Matisse," London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967, pp. 5, 13, 21, 38, pl. 34, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Jean Guichard-Meili, "Henri Matisse, Son Oeuvre, Son Univers," Paris: Fernand Hazan Editeur, 1967, pp. 107, 250, fig. 100, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
Jean Guichard-Meili, "Matisse," New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967, pp. 107, 248, no. 100, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
George Heard Hamilton, "Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1880-1940," Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1967, pp. 169, 298, pl. 169B, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Jean Leymarie, "Evoluzione di Matisse," "L'Arte Moderna" 1967, no. 83, vol. X, p. 63, ill. (published as "Nudo rosa").
Giuseppe Marchiori, "Matisse," Milan: Amilcare Pizzi, 1967, p. 134, no. 83, ill. (published as "Nudo rosa").
Alan Bowness, "Matisse and the Nude," New York: The New American Library, 1968, p. 23, pl. 27, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Erwin O. Christensen, "A Guide to Art Museums in the United States," New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1968, p. 114. (published as "The Pink Nude").
Lawrence Gowing, "Matisse," London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1968, pp. 46, 166, 170, no. 107, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Kenjiro Okamoto, "L'Art du Monde, Bonnard/Matisse, vol. 16," Paris: Kawade Shobo, 1968, p. 113, no. 62, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
John Russell, "The World of Matisse 1869-1954," New York: Time-Life Books, 1969, pp. 134-135, 149, 188, pp. 134-135, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
"Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970, p. 84 (published as "Pink Nude").
René Huyghe and Jean Rudel, "l'Art et le Monde Moderne," Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1970, p. 61, ill. (published as Nu rose").
Peter Owen, "Painting," London: Oxford University Press, 1970, pp. 2-3, 32, 42, 43, 299, pp. 2, 43, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
Pierre Schneider and Tamara Préaud, "Henri Matisse: Exposition du Centenaire," Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1970, pp. 92, 239, no. 186, ill.
Massimo Carrà and Mario Luzi, "L'opera di Matisse dalla rivolta 'fauve' all'intimismo 1904-1928," Milan: Rizzoli 1971, pp. 105, 113, 114, no. 471, ill. (published as "Nudo Rosa").
Jack D. Flam, "Matisse on Art," London: Phaidon, 1973, pp. 15, 199, fig. 38, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
Clement Greenberg, "Henri Matisse," New York: Acquavella Galleries, Inc., 1973, no. 42, ill. (published as "La Nue Rose").
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from the Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, no. 34. (published as "The Pink Nude").
Yusuke Nakahara and Ichiro Fukuzawa, "Pikaso to Machisu: rittaiha to yaj?ha, Grand Collection of World Art, vol. 23," Tokyo: Kodasha Ltd., 1974, p. 142, no. 66, ill.
Lawrence Gowing, "Matisse," New York: Oxford University Press, 1979, pp. 160-161, 169, 211, 215, no. 147, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
Katherine Hanna and Marsha Semmel, "Small Paintings from Famous Collections," Cincinnati: The Taft Museum, 1981, n.p. (published as "Pink Nude").
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed., "Matisse," Tokyo: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1981, pp. 105, 208-209, no.81, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
Felix Baumann, "Henri Matisse," Zürich and Düsseldorf: Kunsthaus Zürich and Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1982, pp. 24, 38, 45, 81, no. 79, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
Mannering, Douglas. The Art of Matisse. London: Optimum Books, 1982, page 8 (published as “Pink Nude”).
Pierre Schneider, Massimo Carrà and Xavier Deryng, "Tout l'Oeuvre Peint de Matisse 1904-1928," Paris: Flammarion, 1982, pp. 105,115, no. 471, ill. (published as "Nu Rose").
John Jacobus, "Henri Matisse," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983, pp. 23, 26, fig. 15, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Alexander van Grevenstein, Karel Schampers, Edy de Wilde, eds. "La Grande Parade: Highlights in Paintings after 1940," Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1984, pp. 222-223, 342, no. 152, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
Pierre Schneider, "Matisse," New York: Rizzoli, 1984, pp. 97, 170, 510, 528, 562, 637, 641, 648, 661, 750, p. 637, ill.
Nicholas Watkins, "Matisse," Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1984, pp. 167, 176-178, 180, 236, 239, pl. 169, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Sam Hunter and John Jacobus, "Modern Art: Painting/Sculpture/Architecture, Second Edition," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985, pp. 111, 221, 308, 407, figs. 385, 386, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 30, 94, 107, 129, 134-138, 189, 201, pp. 30, 135-137, ill.
H. H. Arnason, "History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, 3rd Edition," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986, pp. 255-256, 259, 733, pl. 116, ill.
Lydia Delectorskaya, "…l'apparente facilité…Henri Matisse, Peintures de 1935-1939," Paris: Adrien Maeght, 1986, pp. 29, 58-59, 63-67, pp. 58, 59, 63-67, ill. (published as "Grand nu Couche").
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, Siegfried Gohr and Rafael Jablonka, eds., "Europa/Amerika: Die Geschichte einer Künstlerischen Faszination seit 1940," 1986, Cologne, Germany: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, Siegfried Gohr and Rafael Jablonka, 1986, pp. 191-192, no. 10, ill. (published as "Großer ruhender Akt").
Nicholas Serota and Rachel Kirby, eds., "In Tandem: The Painter-Sculptor in the Twentieth Century," London: Trustees of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1986, pp. 21, 22, p. 21, ill.
Yoshiaki Tono, "Art Gallery 10 Matisse," Tokyo: Shueisha, 1986, n.p., ill.
Jack Cowart and Dominique Fourcade, "Henri Matisse The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987, p. 47 (published as "Nu rose").
Jacqueline and Maurice Guillaud, "Matisse: Le Rythme et la Ligne," Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, p. 645, nos. 323-330, ill. (published as "Nu rose/grand nu couché").
Gilles Néret, "l'Art des Annees 30: Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Design, Décor, Graphisme, Photographie, Cinéma," Fribourg, Switzerland: Office du Livre S.A., 1987, p. 13, ill. (ublished as "Le Nu rose our Grand nu couché").
Jack Flam, ed., "Matisse: A Retrospective," New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1988, pp. 261, 391, pl. 84, ill. (published as "Pink Nude").
Gérard Durozoi, "Matisse," Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1989, pp. 124-125, no. 41, ill. (published as "Grand Nu Couché").
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, "Matisse Le Rêve ou les Belles Endormies," Paris: Éditions Adam Biro, 1989, pp. 16-17, fig. 11, ill. (published s "Nu rose").
Duane and Sarah Preble, "Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts, 4th edition," New York: Harper & Row, 1989, pp. 110-111, figs. 135, 136, ill.
David McCarthy, "Tom Wesslemann and the Americanization of the Nude, 1961-1963" "Smithsonian Studies in American Art," Summer/Fall 1990, vol. 4, nos. 3-4, p. 110, fig. 5, ill.
Jean Selz, "Matisse," New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1990, pp. 73, 96, p. 73, ill.
Alicia Faxon, "The Shock of Recognition," "Art New England," December 1991/January 1992, p. 13.
"Art. Regarding Henri: The Model is a Nun," "Newsweek," November 9, 1992, p. 8, ill.
"Art's Desire," "Vanity Fair," August (?) 1992, n.p., ill.
Lisa Alther, "A Curator Leaves No Matisse Unturned," "The New York Times," September 13, 1992, pp. H1, H49, ill.
Roger Benjamin, "Henri Matisse," New York: Rizzoli Art Series, 1992, pl. 11, ill.
John Elderfield, "Henri Matisse: A Retrospective," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1992, pp. 360, 377, 478, cat. no. 306, ill.
Girard, Xavier. Matisse aujourd'hui. [Nice]: [Musée Matisse], 1992, p. 97 (published as “Nu rose”).
Girard, Xavier. La Chapelle du Rosaire, 1948-1951. Nice-Cimiez: Musée Matisse; [Paris]: Réunion des musées nationaux: Diffusion Seuil, 1992, page 42.
Michael Kimmelman, "The Many Moods of Henri Matisse," "The New York Times," September 20, 1992, p. H29 (published as "Pink Nude").
Richard Lacayo, "Painter of Paradise," "People Weekly," October 19, 1992, vol. 38, no. 16, n.p. , ill.
Kay Larson, "This Side of Paradise," "New York Magazine," October 5, 1992, pp. 105-106, p. 105, ill.
"Atelier," September 1993, no. 799, n.p., ill.
Néret, Gilles. Matisse. [Place of publication not identified]: Konecky & Konecky, 1993, p. 171, no. 257 (published as “Large Reclining Nude/The Pink Nude”).
"Modern-Art Exhibit Typifies Symbiotic Relationship," "Beaumont Enterprise," December 17, 1993, p.4.
"Sean Scully: Henri Matisse," "Artists' Journeys," London: BBC Education. 1993, p. 27, ill.
"Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection, The Baltimore Museum of Art," "MFA Today," November/December 1993, pp. cover page, 1, 3, cover page, ill.
A. S. Byatt, "The Matisse Stories," London: Chatto & Windus, 1993, back cover, ill.
Susan Chadwick, "An Eye for Art," "The Houston Post Calendar," November 21, 1993, p. 16, ill.
Susan Chadwick, "MFA Makes Room for Baltimore Art Treasures," "The Houston Post," June 2, 1993, p. D1.
Susan Chadwick, "Sisters Collected Stunning Works of Impressionists," "The Houston Post," November 27, 1993, p. F-1.
John Dorsey, "Some Cone Pieces to be Lent Out," "The Baltimore Sun," May 29, 1993, p. D3 (published as "Pink Nude").
Xavier Girard, "Matisse: Une Splendeur Inouïe," Paris: Gallimard, 1993, pp. 114, 117, 173, p. 114, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
Hayden Herrera, "Matisse: A Portrait" New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993, pp. 68-69, 168-170, 221, p. 169, no. 25, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
Patricia C. Johnson, "MFA to Exhibit Cone Collection," "The Houston Chronicle," June 2, 1993, Section D, ill.
Patricia C. Johnson, "Two Sisters and Their Art," "The Houston Chronicle," November 21, 1993, Zest section, pp. 2, 8, ill.
Susie Kalil, "The Joy of Color, the Ecstasy of Form," "Houston Press," December 23, 1993, p. 27, ill.
Carol Vogel, "The Art Market," "The New York Times," June 4, 1993, the Art Market, n.p.
Carol Vogel, "The Art Market," "The New York Times," February 5, 1993, p. C24.
Frank Milner, "Henri Matisse," London: Bison Books Ltd., 1994, pp. 110-111, ill.
Duane and Sarah Preble, "Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fifth Edition," New York: Harper & Row, 1994, pp. 105-106, figs. 149, 150, ill.
Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, "Henri Matisse Chez Bernheim-Jeune, vols. 1-2" Paris: Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, 1995, pp. 1316-1317, 1444, no. 705, ill. (published as "Grand nu couché").
Mike Giuliano, "A Rare Sighting: Cone Collection Works on Paper," "The Baltimore Sun," June 4, 1995, p. 10J.
Andrew Patner, "Loyal Citizens of Baltimore," "Art & Antiques," June 1995, vol. XVIII, no. 6, pp. 66-67, p. 67, ill.
Caroline Turner and Roger Benjamin, "Matisse," South Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Art Gallery, 1995, p. 34, fig. 20, ill.
Flam, Jack. Matisse on Art. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995, page 121, fig. 25.
Antonia S. Byatt, "Erzählungen um Matisse," Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1996, p. 151, cover page, ill. (Ppublished as "Großer liegender Akt").
Matisu no rozario reihaido = Henri Matisse, La Chapelle du Rosaire, vol. 2. Kyoto: Korinsha, 1996, plate 29 (published as “Grand nu couche/Nu rose”).
Morgan, Genevieve, ed. Matisse: The Artist Speaks. San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1996, pages 70-71, ill.
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. front cover, 43, 88-91, 159, no. 36, ill.
Regina Hackett, "Two Sisters' Legacy of Art," "Seattle Post-Intelligencer," February 20, 1997, p. C1, ill.
Kirk Varnedoe and Pepe Karmel, "Picasso: Masterworks from The Museum of Modern Art," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1997, pp. 20, 148, no. 6, ill.
Claudia Beltramo Ceppi Zevi, "Matisse: 'La Révélation m'est venue de l'Orient" Firenze: Artificio, 1997, pp. 90-91, ill. p. 91 (published as "Grande nudo distesto/Nudo rosa").
Yve-Alain Bois, "Matisse and Picasso," Paris: Flammarion, 1998, pp. 103, 105, 110, 112, 137, 249, 266, fig. 92, ill.
Lois Fichner-Rathus, "Understanding Art, Fifth Edition" Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1998, Fig. 2-52, ill.
Benjamin B. Lahey, "Psychology an Introduction, Sixth Edition," Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill, 1998, p. 131, fig. 3.45, ill. (published as "Grand Nu Couche").
David McCarthy, "The Nude in American Paintings, 1950-1980," Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998, pp. 93-94, 96, 249, p. 96, fig. 33, ill.
Ingrid Schaffner, "The Essential Henri Matisse," New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998, pp. 100-101, p. 100, ill.
Rémi Labrusse. Matisse: la condition de l'image. Paris: Gallimard, 1999, page 175, fig. 47
"Matisse and Picasso: A Gentle Rivalry," "Calendar Kimbell Art Museum," January - May 1999, p. 13, ill.
Sister Wendy Beckett, "Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces," New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1999, p. M30, ill. (published as "The Pink Nude").
Sarah Boxer, "Nervous Dance between a Blissful Dreamer and a Master of Control," "The New York Times," February 17, 1999, pp. B1, B2, p. B1, ill.
John O'Brian, "Ruthless Hedonism: The American Reception of Matisse," Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999, pp. 45, 88, 279.
Néret, Gilles. Henri Matisse. Köln; New York: Taschen, [1999], page 170 (published as “Pink Nude”).
"Art Gallery 79," Japan: K. K. DeAgostini, 2000, p. 27, ill.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," London: Scala Publishers, 2000, pp. 35, 37, 152, 156, pl. 2, ill.
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale, Christie's, New York, May 8, 2001, Sale SHERPA-9636, lot number 22, p. 70, fig. 1, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
Charles Darwent, "Double Vision," "The Independent," June 17, 2001, pp. 18, 21 (published as "Pink Nude").
Jay Fisher, "Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone: A Collection of Modern Art for Baltimore," in Rosella Mamoli Zorzi, ed., "Before Peggy Guggenheim: American Woman Art Collectors," Venice: Marsilio, 2001, p. 125.
Jack Flam, "Matisse in the Cone Collection: The Poetics of Vision," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 9, 21, 93, 100-105, fig. 10, pl. 46, ill.
A. G., "Henri Matisse," "Christie's Magazine," May/June 2001, p. 42, ill. (published as "Nu rose").
Eric Gibson, "The Gallery: Seeing Matisse in a New Light," "Wall Street Journal," July 9, 2001, p. A.26.
Antonella di Scovolo, ed., "Galleria d'Arte: Henri-Matisse, vol. 37" Novara, Italy: Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 2001, pp. 34-35, ill. (published as "Nudo rosa").
Dali, Shen, and Dong Chun. Alfonso Frasnedi, Henri Matisse. Milano: Spirali/Vel, 2001, page 28.
"Sekai bijutsukan no tabi/Tour des Musées des Beaux-Arts du Monde," Green Mook, 2002, n.p., ill.
Anne Baldassari, Elizabeth Cowling, John Elderfield, John Golding, Isabelle Monod-Fontaine and Kirk Varnedoe, "Matisse Picasso," London: Tate Publishing, 2002, pp. 232, 237-239, 241, 258, 283, 333-334, 355, 378, 395, no. 119, ill.
Paul B. Franklin, "Matisse Endorses….," "Nest: A Quarterly of Interiors," Spring 2002, n.p., ill.
Mary Gabriel, "The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone," Baltimore: Bancroft Press, 2002, pp. 202, 251 (published as "The Pink Nude").
Jude Welton, "Artists in Their World: Henri Matisse," London: Franklin Watts, 2002, pp. 32-33, 46. pp. 32-33, ill. (Published as "The Pink Nude")
Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Sotheby's, New York, May 13, 2003, lot number 16, p. 58, ill. (published as "Grand nu couche/Nu rose").
"Matisse Picasso Brochure," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2003, pp. 9, 13, p. 9, ill.
John Dorsey, "Matisse Picasso," "Newsletter of the Print & Drawing Society of the Baltimore Museum of Art," Fall 2003, vol. XXI, no. 2, p.9, p. 8, ill.
Flam, Jack D. Matisse and Picasso: The Story of their Rivalry and Friendshi Cambridge, MA: Icon Edition/Westview Press, 2003, p. 35, fig. 3.7.
"22nd International Art Biennial of São Paulo Brochure," 2004, n.p., ill. (published as "Naked Red").
"BMA Today," January-February 2004, n.p., ill.
"Henri Matisse: Processus/Variation," Tokyo: Musée National d'Art occidental, Le Yomiuri Shimbun, NHK, NHK Promotions, 2004, p. 39, fig. 16, ill. (published as "Grand nu couché/Nu rose").
Ann Dumas, Kathleen Brunner, Jack Flam, Rémi Labrusse, Hilary Spurling and Dominique Szymusiak, "Matisse, His Art and His Textiles: The Fabric of Dreams," London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2004, p. 203. (published as "Pink Nude").
Benjamin B. Lahey, "Psychology: An Introduction, Eighth Edition," New York: McGraw Hill, 2004, p. 155, fig. 4.46, ill. (published as "Grand Nu Couché").
Roy T. Matthews and F. DeWitt Platt, "The Western Humanities, Fifth Edition," New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004, p. 584, fig. 20.19, ill.
Paul Wood, ed., "Varieties of Modernism," London: Yale University Press with The Open University, 2004, p. 23, pl. 1.10, ill.
Robert Cumming, "Art," New York: DK Publishing, 2005, p.344, ill.
Donald Miller, "A Coup for Naples," "Naples Daily News," February 4, 2005, p. 7D.
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"What's Hot/Agenda/Around the World," "Air France Magazine," July 2007, no. 123, p. 028, ill.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher and Steven Nash, "Matisse Painter as Sculptor," Baltimore and Dallas: The Baltimore Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center, 2007, pp. 227, 233, 276, 291, no. 117, ill.
"Give the Gift of Art," "BMA Today," Winter 2007-2008, no. 124, p. 12, ill.
Impressionist/Modern Evening Sale, Christie's, New York, November 6, 2008, Sale ROCCO-2045, p. 226, fig. 2, ill. (published as "Grand nu couché").
Ellen B. Hirschland and Nancy Hirschland Ramage, "The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt," Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008, pp. 147, 151-152, 217, 277, figs. 4, 7.3, ill.
Roy T. Matthews & F. DeWitt Platt, "The Western Humanities, Sixth edition," New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008, pp. 645-646, fig. 20.23, ill.
John Wilmerding, "Tom Wesselmann: His Voice and Vision," New York: Rizzoli, 2008, p. 72.
Patrick Frank, "Prebles' Artforms, Ninth Edition" Pearson /Prentice Hall, 2009, pp. 90-91, 522, figs. 126, 127, ill.
Tomàs Llorens, "Matisse 1917- 1941," Madrid: Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2009, pp. 146-147, 220-222, fig. 37, ill. (published as "Gran desnudo recostado/Desuno rosa").
Spurling, Hilary. Matisse: The Life. London: Penguin Books, 2009, page 436 (published as “The Pink Nude”).
Collection Alexandre et Odile Loewy, Art Moderne, Sotheby's, Paris, March 24, 2010, lot no. 3, p. 16, ill.
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Sotheby's, London, June 22, 2010, Lot no. 13, pp. 52-53, figs. 1, 2,3, ill. (published as "Nu Rose").
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 2, 2010, Lot no. 29, pp. 114-115, fig. 4, ill. (Published as Grand nu couchée [nu rose])
Stephanie d'Alessandro and John Elderfield, "Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917," Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2010, p. 354, figs. 6, 7, ill.
H.H. Arnason and Elizabeth C. Mansfield, "History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, Sixth Edition," Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2010, pp. 273, 816, fig. 12.14, ill.
Barbara Duthuit, Claude Duthuit, C. Rajakaruna, Pierre Schneider and Nicholas Zmelty, "Une Autre Langue: Matisse et la Gravure," Paris: Mona Bismarck Foundation, 2010, pp. 27-29, figs. 1-22, ill. (Published as "Nu rose")
Elizabeth Hicks, "The Still Life in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt," Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010, pp. 78-79, 207, fig. 7, ill. (published as "Le Nu Rose").
Mona Bismarck Foundation, "Une autre langue, Matisse et la gravure," New York: Mona Bismarck Foundation, 2010, pp. 28-29, ill p. 29.
Graham Watt, "Lydia Delectorskaya," "BJGP: The British Journal of General Practice," August 2010, vol. 60, no. 577, p. 626, ill.
Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale, Christie's, New York, May 4, 2011, lot number 31, p. 124, fig. 7, ill. (published as "Grand nu couché/nu rose").
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 23, 59, 74, 76, fig. 10, pl. 37, ill.
Karen Rosenberg, "What They Loved and What They Bought," "The New York Times," May 6, 2011, p. C30.
Violant Porcel and Cristina Ros Salvà, "Manola Valdés: L'arxipèlag de al memòria," SA NOSTRA: 2010, p. 46, color ill. (published as Nu rosa).
John Elderfield, "de Kooning a Retropspective," The Museum of Modern Art: New York, NY, 2011, p. 129, color ill.
Fillion, Susan. Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel: Bringing Matisse to America. Boston: David R. Godine, 2011, page 67.
Arthur P. Shimamura, "Experience Art in the Brain of the Beholder," (New York: Oxford Univeristy Press, 2013), color fig. 9.11, b&w fig. 9.11 and text p. 227.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 5, 2014, (Published as Grand nu couchée [nu rose])
Magdalena Bleinert, Izabela Curyllo-Klag, and Bozena Kucala, "The Art of Literature, Art in Literature," Kraków, Poland, Jagiellionian University Press, 2014, color ill. b/w pp. 46 & 47 (text mentions Le nu rose on pp. 46 & 47--image title caption is noted as Large Reclining Nude).
Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle. Matisse, la figura: la forza della linea, l'emozione del colore. Ferrara: Ferrara Arte, [2014], page 32, fig. 11 (published as “Grande nudo disteso”).
Sebastiaan Bremer. "To Joy". Frame Publishers, 2015, fig. 39, ill.
Fisher, Jay. "Mallarmé's Poésies." In "Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Books Arts," edited by John Bidwell (Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press, 2015), p. 30.
Bois, Yve-Alain, ed. Matisse in the Barnes Foundation, vol. 1. Philadelphia: Barnes Foundation, 2015, p. 154, fig. 66.
Essers, Volkmar. "Matisse." Germany: Taschen GmbH, 2016, pp. 69.
Bishop, Janet and Katy Rothkopf eds. Matisse/Diebenkorn. New York: Prestel, 2016.
Impressionist/Modern Evening Sale, Christie's, London, February 2, 2010. (Published as Grand nu couché [Nu rose])
Stavitsky, Gail, John Cauman, William C. Agee, et al. Matisse and American Art. Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum, 2017, page 222.
Krämer, Felix. Matisse, Bonnard: Long Live Painting! Frankfurt am Main: Städel Museum; Munich; London; New York: Prestel, [2017], page 175, cat. no. 79.
Klein, John. Matisse and Decoration. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018.
Cauman, John. Matisse in 50 Works. London: Pavilion Books, 2019.
Christie's New York. The Collection of Drue Heinz. 13 May 2019. New York: Christie's, 2019
Christie's New York. Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale, Monday 13 May 2019. New York: Christie's, 2019.
Brown, Kathryn. Henri Matisse. London: Reaktion Books, 2021, p. 147, ill.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.
Girard, Xavier. Matisse: Une splendeur inouÏe. Paris: Découvertes Gallimard, 2020.
Montua, Gabriel and Anna Wegenschimmel, eds. Picasso & Les Femmes d'Alger. Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2021
Affron, Matthew, Cécile Debray, and Claudine Grammont. Matisse in the 1930s. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2022. ill.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, 1936; the artist, Paris
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Inscribed: Recto: Lower left in black paint, "Henri/Matisse/35" Verso: The painting has been wax lined and there are no visible inscriptions on the verso Frame Inscriptions Verso: There are no visible inscriptions on the frame verso