Henri Matisse
Rumanian Blouse
1936
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Henri Matisse
Rumanian Blouse
1936
Physical Qualities
Pen and black ink on paper, Sheet: 630 × 500 mm. (24 13/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
Mat: 31 7/8 × 27 15/16 in. (81 × 71 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.57
Lydia Delectorskaya; PDP card notes model was Helene Mercier-Galitzine
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; purchased from Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1937
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, "Henri Matisse," 1937, cat. no. 2?
UCLA Art Galleries, Los Angeles, "Henri Matisse, Retrospective," circulated to Art Institute of Chicago and MFA Boston, 1966, cat. no. 183, illus. p. 154.
Victor Carlson, BMA, "Matisse as Draughtsman," 12 January - 21 February 1971, traveled to California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 20 March - 9 May 1971, The Art Institute of Chicago, 26 May - 10 July 1971, cat. no. 60.
Wildenstein Gallery, NY, "Cone Collection from the BMA: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein, New York," 29 March - 11 May 1974.
Musée Cantini, Marseille, "130 dessins de Matisse," June - September 1974, cat. no. 49.
Centre National d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, "Henri Matisse, essins et sculpture," 29 May - 7 September 1975, cat. no. 98, illus p. 139.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November, 1982.
John Elderfield, Hayward Gallery, London, "Matisse Drawings," 3 October 1984 - 6 January 1985; traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, NY, 27 February - 14 May 1985, cat. no. 84.
BMA, "The Spirited Line," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
BMA, "Master Drawings by French Artists in the Museum's Collection," 9 May - 23 July 1989.
BMA organized, "Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 1991 - January 1992.
Museum of Modern Art, NY, "Henri Matisse," 16 September 1992 - 19 January 1993, cat. 325.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, "Matisse and Textiles," 23 October - 25 january 2005; traveled to Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 5, 2005 - May 30, 2005; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 20, 2005 - September 25, 2005 (Royal Academy and Met venues only).
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.
UCLA Art Galleries, Los Angeles, "Henri Matisse, Retrospective," circulated to Art Institute of Chicago and MFA Boston, 1966, cat. no. 183, illus. p. 154.
Victor Carlson, BMA, "Matisse as Draughtsman," 12 January - 21 February 1971, traveled to California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 20 March - 9 May 1971, The Art Institute of Chicago, 26 May - 10 July 1971, cat. no. 60.
Wildenstein Gallery, NY, "Cone Collection from the BMA: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein, New York," 29 March - 11 May 1974.
Musée Cantini, Marseille, "130 dessins de Matisse," June - September 1974, cat. no. 49.
Centre National d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, "Henri Matisse, essins et sculpture," 29 May - 7 September 1975, cat. no. 98, illus p. 139.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November, 1982.
John Elderfield, Hayward Gallery, London, "Matisse Drawings," 3 October 1984 - 6 January 1985; traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, NY, 27 February - 14 May 1985, cat. no. 84.
BMA, "The Spirited Line," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
BMA, "Master Drawings by French Artists in the Museum's Collection," 9 May - 23 July 1989.
BMA organized, "Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 1991 - January 1992.
Museum of Modern Art, NY, "Henri Matisse," 16 September 1992 - 19 January 1993, cat. 325.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, "Matisse and Textiles," 23 October - 25 january 2005; traveled to Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 5, 2005 - May 30, 2005; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 20, 2005 - September 25, 2005 (Royal Academy and Met venues only).
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.
Leymarie, Jean, Herbert Read and William S. Lieberman. Henri Matisse. Berkeley; Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1966, no. 183, ill. (published as "The Rumanian Blouse").
Musée Cantini. 130 dessins de Matisse: [exposition], Musée Cantini, juin - septembre 1974. Marseille: Musée Cantini, 1974, cat no. 49 (published as “La Blouse Roumaine”).
Musée National d'Art Moderne. Henri Matisse: Dessins et Sculpture: Musée National d'Art Moderne, 29 Mai - 7 Septembre 1975. [Paris]: Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, 1975, ill. page 139, plate 98.
Carlson, Victor, and Carol Hynning Smith. Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Baltimore Museum of Art. New York, NY: The American Federation of Arts, 1979, pp. 99, ill.
Elderfield, John. The Drawings of Henri Matisse. New York: Thames and Hudson, published in association with the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1985, page 199, plate 84, ill.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1985, p. 190.
Guillaud, Maurice, and Jacqueline Guillaud. Matisse: le rythme et la ligne. Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, plate no. 303 (published as “Nu couché”).
Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle. Matisse: Œuvres de Henri Matisse. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1989, page 94, fig. a (published as “La Blouse roumaine”).
Clint Brown and Cheryl McLean, "Drawing from Life," NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992, fig. 8.27, p. 207.
BMA Today (cover), June 1995.
Eric Zafran, "Santa Barbara Collects: Impressions of France," exh cat Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1998, fig. 42a, p. 83
Klein, John. Matisse Portraits. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001, p. 245, no. 196.
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: ill.
Dumas, Ann, (curator). Matisse, His Art and his Textiles: The Fabric of Dreams. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2004, pages 143, no. 57, 188 and 212.
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 black ink: "Henri Matisse 37"
Markings: WM: J Perrigot Arches/MBM
