Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé
Study for “Herodias”
1931-1932
Scroll
Study for “Herodias”
1931-1932
Physical Qualities
Graphite with erasing and stumping on paper, Sheet: 251 x 328 mm. (9 7/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Mat: 16" x 20"
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.706
In this working drawing, Matisse adapts his reclining figure, carefully modelled with short, diagonal hatch marks. He plays with her pose and the curve of her shoulders while adjusting her orientation to the blank page, raising her up towards the top margin through a series of erasures. He includes an additional sketch showing Herodias sleeping, as if imagining a moment prior to the opening of the poem, when the titular character has yet to be awakened from her slumber.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest of Etta Cone, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, MD by purchase, 1931-33; the artist
BMA, Cone rotation, September 1994.
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
Katy Rothkopf and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Modern Influence: Henry Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore," October 3, 2021 - January 2, 2022.
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
Katy Rothkopf and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Modern Influence: Henry Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore," October 3, 2021 - January 2, 2022.
Cone, Etta. The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland: Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. [Baltimore, MD]: [Etta Cone], 1934, plate 88.
Jack Flam, "Matisse in The Cone Collection The Poetics of Vision," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2001, pl. 39, p. 88, ill.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.
Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "Dessin pour Herodiade No III / Henri Matisse"
Markings: Watermark: ARCHES [bottom left] Chopmark: MALLARME ET MATISSE
