Marguerite Matisse
Nice
1920-1930
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Marguerite Matisse
Nice
1920-1930
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas board, Unframed: 25 3/4 × 20 3/16 in. (65.4 × 51.3 cm.)
Framed: 29 5/8 × 24 1/8 × 1 5/16 in. (75.2 × 61.3 × 3.3 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.350
This luminous depiction of the bay at Nice in the south of France was painted by Marguerite Matisse, the eldest child of Henri Matisse. Nice was exhibited in Paris in 1926 and purchased by Claribel Cone that same year. Despite her skill as a painter, Marguerite Matisse later chose to give up on an artistic career when one of her paintings was mistaken for the work of her father. She destroyed most of her artwork.
Nice and Still Life with Bottle, on view nearby, are rare examples of her paintings in a museum collection. The younger Matisse played an essential role in her father's career as a model and supporter of his artistic practice for decades.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, by bequest, 1929; Claribel Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, October 26, 1926; the artist, Paris
Matisse's Marguerite: Model Daughter
Cone Wing Rotations 2020
Cone Wing Rotations 2021
Cone Wing Rotations 2022
Cone Wing Rotations 2023
Cone Wing Rotations 2024
Matisse and Marguerite (Working Title)
Cone Wing Rotations 2025
Painting Paradise: Modernity and The Mediterranean
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, p. 176.
Pierre Sanchez, "Dictionnaire des indépendants: Répertoire des éxposants et liste des oeuvres présentées, 1920-1950," Dijon: l'Echelle de Jacob, 2008, p. 967 (published as "Paysage").
Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle. Matisse et Marguerite: le regard d'un père. Paris: Paris-Musées, 2025, page 26, ill. 7.
Sociéte des Artistes Indépendants, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris, January 21, 1927 - February 27, 1927.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower right in black paint, "MARGUERITE MATISSE" Verso: Top in black grease pencil, "MARGUERITE MATISSE" Frame Inscriptions Verso: Top right in black grease pencil, "248" Bottom right in graphite, "30m" Left on bottom rail, rectangular browned label, black stamped lettering, "XPOSITION/NNUELLE/N°2346/REGISTREMENT/DES/UVRAGES/IS DE BOIS/Mars - 2 Mai 1926"
