Félix Vallotton
Nude Woman Leaning against a Tree
1905
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Félix Vallotton
Nude Woman Leaning against a Tree
1905
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 19 7/8 (61.3 x 50.5)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.299
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by November 1914; Leo and Gertrude Stein, Paris, 1906
Félix Vallotton: Longing and Seduction
Hedy Hahnloser- Bühler, "Félix Vallotton et Ses Amis," Paris: Éditions A. Sedrowski, 1936, p. 288, no. 570 (published as "Femme nue de profil à mi-corps, une main appuyeée sur tronc") .
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 41, no. 118 (published as "Nude").
Edward Burns, ed., "Gertrude Stein on Picasso," New York: Liveright, 1970, p. 36, ill.
The Museum of Modern Art, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970, p. 90, ill. (published as "Unidentified painting").
Douglas Cooper, Irene Gordon, Lucile M. Golson, Ellen B. Hirschland, Leon Katz and William Voss Elder, III, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1971, p. 28 (published as "Nude").
Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, p. 38, fig. 22, ill.
Marina Ducrey and Katia Poletti, "Félix Vallotton 1865-1925 L'oeuvre Peint II Catalogue Raisonné," Zurich/Lausanne: Institut Suisse pour l'étude de l'art; Fondation Félix Vallotton; 5 Continents, 2005, p. 352, no. 575, ill. (published as "Nu de profil s'appuyant contre un tronc").
Janet Bishop, Cécile Debray, and Rebecca Rabinow, eds., "The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde," San Francisco: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2011, pp. 365, 366, 455, 491, no. 440, pl. 350, 351, ill.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower right in black paint, "F. VALLOTTON.06" Verso: Top center stretcher in black grease pencil, "245" Top left stretcher in black grease pencil, "VALLOTTON" Center stretcher in blue pencil and crossed out, "1419" Top right stretcher in black grease pencil, "Mme Stein" Middle of the center stretcher, stamped upside down, "EPOSSE" Center stretcher, something illegible
