Henri Matisse
Madeleine I
1900
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Henri Matisse
Madeleine I
1900
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 23 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. (59.1 x 22.2 x 18.1 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.423
Madeleine I, one of Matisse’s first sculptures, features a standing female nude formed with an undulating serpentine line. By folding both of the figure’s arms across her chest and altering them to appear to melt into her body, Matisse presented an uninterrupted, sensuous shape. To heighten the impact of the curved form, he manipulated the surface of the metal to obtain an extremely smooth and even contour.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase from the artist, Aug. 1925.
"Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition," Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1948, no. 95.
"Matisse Retrospective Exhibition," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 13, 1951 - January 13, 1952; The Cleveland Museum of Art February 5 - March 16, 1952; The Art Institute of Chicago, April 1 - May 1, 1952; The San Francisco Museum of Art May 21 - July 6, 1952.
"4000 Years of Modern Art," Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, March - April, 1953, no. 123.
"The Cone Collection," M. Knoedler & Co., New York, January 24 - February 19, 1955.
"4000 Years of Modern Art," The Baltimore Museum of Art, November 27, 1956 - January 13, 1957, No. 79; circulated through June 30, 1957.
Columbus (OH) Gallery of Fine Arts, November 9 - December 4, 1967.
"Four Americans in Paris: The Collection of Gertrude Stein and her Family," MoMA, December 18, 1970 - March 1, 1971; BMA, April 4 - June 13, 1971; San Francisco Museum of Art, September 15 - October 31, 1971.
"Pioneers of Modern Sculpture," Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, July 20 - September 23, 1973.
"Cone Collection," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, March 29 - May 11, 1974, no. 58.
Brenda Richardson, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, "Matisse in The Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 24 August - 14 October 1979.
"The Spirit of Appreciation: Masterpieces from the Cone Collection," The Baltimore Museum of Art produced, circulated to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 6 - November 24, 1985; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, December 14 - February 9, 1986.
North Carolina Museum of Art, 'Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris,' October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005.
"Matisse and Modern Masters from The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, October 3 - December 28, 1996; Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, Jananuary 8 - Febuary 11, 1997.
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.
Katy Rothkopf, 'Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, Naples Museum of Art February 5 - May 1, 2005.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash; The Baltimore Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor," Dallas, January 21 - April 29, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9 - September 16, 2007; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 28, 2007- February 3, 2008, shown Dallas, BMA only, no. 12.
"Matisse Retrospective Exhibition," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 13, 1951 - January 13, 1952; The Cleveland Museum of Art February 5 - March 16, 1952; The Art Institute of Chicago, April 1 - May 1, 1952; The San Francisco Museum of Art May 21 - July 6, 1952.
"4000 Years of Modern Art," Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, March - April, 1953, no. 123.
"The Cone Collection," M. Knoedler & Co., New York, January 24 - February 19, 1955.
"4000 Years of Modern Art," The Baltimore Museum of Art, November 27, 1956 - January 13, 1957, No. 79; circulated through June 30, 1957.
Columbus (OH) Gallery of Fine Arts, November 9 - December 4, 1967.
"Four Americans in Paris: The Collection of Gertrude Stein and her Family," MoMA, December 18, 1970 - March 1, 1971; BMA, April 4 - June 13, 1971; San Francisco Museum of Art, September 15 - October 31, 1971.
"Pioneers of Modern Sculpture," Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, July 20 - September 23, 1973.
"Cone Collection," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, March 29 - May 11, 1974, no. 58.
Brenda Richardson, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, "Matisse in The Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 24 August - 14 October 1979.
"The Spirit of Appreciation: Masterpieces from the Cone Collection," The Baltimore Museum of Art produced, circulated to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 6 - November 24, 1985; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, December 14 - February 9, 1986.
North Carolina Museum of Art, 'Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris,' October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005.
"Matisse and Modern Masters from The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, October 3 - December 28, 1996; Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, Jananuary 8 - Febuary 11, 1997.
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.
Katy Rothkopf, 'Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, Naples Museum of Art February 5 - May 1, 2005.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash; The Baltimore Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor," Dallas, January 21 - April 29, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9 - September 16, 2007; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 28, 2007- February 3, 2008, shown Dallas, BMA only, no. 12.
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland" (Baltimore: 1934) plate. # 118.
Aragon, Louis, Henry Clifford, and Henri Matisse. Henri Matisse: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1948, no. 95, ill. (Published as "Madeleine")
'Cone Bequest,' "BMA News," Oct. 1949, no. 110.
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1951) 305.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," (Baltimore: BMA, 1955) 45, no. 143.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection, Revised Edition," (Baltimore: BMA, 1967) 52, no. 132.
Marchiori, Giuseppe. Matisse. Milan: Amilcare Pizzi, 1967, p. 18, no. 14 (published as “Maddalena”), ill.
Albert Elsen, 'The Sculpture of Matisse,' "Art Forum," 7: 2, 1968 p. 22.
Albert Elsen, "The Sculpture of Matisse," (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1972) 50-51.
Alicia Legg, "The Sculpture of Matisse," (New York: MOMA, 1972) 9-11.
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, "The Sculpture of Henri Matisse," (London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1984) cat. # 5.
Nickolas Watkins, "Matisse," (Oxford: Phaidon, 1984) ill. # 26.
Jack Flam, "Matisse The Man and His Art 1869-1918," (Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1986) 88-93.
Benjamin Martinez and Jacquelin Block, "Visual Forces: An introduction to Design," (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988) ill. D..
Ernst-Gerhard Güse, "Henri Matisse: Drawings and Sculpture" (Munich: Prestel, 1991) cat. # 101.
Bernier, Rosamond. Matisse, Picasso, Miró: As I Knew Them. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991, page 70.
Rosamond Bernier, "Matisse, El Conservador Inspirado," in Saber Ver (July-August 1995): page 15.
Senzoku, Nobuyuki, ed. Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art = Kon korekushon ten. [Tokyo]: "Kon Korekushon" Ten Katarogu Iinkai, 1996, page 112, no. 58.
Jack Flam, "Matisse in The Cone Collection The Poetics of Vision," (Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2001), pl. 8, p. 33, ill.
M. Masayuki Tanaka and Mme. Isabelle Mono Fontaine. "Henri Matisse: Process/ Variation Exhibit Catalogue." Japan: The Yomiuri Shimbun/ The National Museum of Western Art, 2004: p.50, ill.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor," (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2007) cat. no. 12, p. 267, ill. p. 267.
Fillion, Susan. Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel: Bringing Matisse to America. Boston: David R. Godine, 2011, page 50.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.
Inscribed: "Henri Matisse 3/10"
Markings: "Cire- C. Valsuani- perdue"
On View at the BMA
