Henri Matisse
Rumanian Blouse
1935
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Henri Matisse
Rumanian Blouse
1935
Physical Qualities
Pen and black ink on paper, Sheet: 512 × 381 mm. (20 3/16 × 15 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.48
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; purchased from the artist, 1936
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, "Matisse in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 24 August - 14 October 1979.
BMA, "The Spirited Line," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
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.
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.
BMA, Cone Wing rotation, November 2001.
Kimberly Schenck, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Matisse: Drawing Defined', Aug. 21-Nov. 10, 2002.
Kimberly Schenck, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Matisse: Drawing Defined', Aug. 21-Nov. 10, 2002.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, "Henri Matisse: Le laboratoire intérieur," November 30, 2016-March 6, 2017, cat 164.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse: The Sinuous Line," (first rotation) December 12, 2021 - April 10, 2022.
BMA, "The Spirited Line," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
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.
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.
BMA, Cone Wing rotation, November 2001.
Kimberly Schenck, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Matisse: Drawing Defined', Aug. 21-Nov. 10, 2002.
Kimberly Schenck, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Matisse: Drawing Defined', Aug. 21-Nov. 10, 2002.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, "Henri Matisse: Le laboratoire intérieur," November 30, 2016-March 6, 2017, cat 164.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse: The Sinuous Line," (first rotation) December 12, 2021 - April 10, 2022.
Carlton Lake and Robert Mailland, "Dictionary of Modern Painting," NY: Tudor Publishers, 1964, illus. p. 225 (image reversed).
Jean Guichard-Meili, "Matisse," NY: Praeger, 1967, pl. 115.
"Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings in The Cone Collection," BMA, revised edition, 1967, cat. no. 277.
Guillaud, Maurice, and Jacqueline Guillaud. Matisse: le rythme et la ligne. Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, page 264, plate no. 264 (published as “La blouse roumaine”).
Jack Flam, "Matisse in The Cone Collection The Poetics of Vision," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2001, pl. 48, p. 109, 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, ill.
Musée Départemental Matisse. Lydia D.: Lydia Delectorskaya, Muse et Modèle de Matisse. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux; Le Cateau-Cambrésis: Musée Départemental Matisse; Nice: Musée Matisse, 2010, page 25.
Fillion, Susan. Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel: Bringing Matisse to America. Boston: David R. Godine, 2011, page 16.
Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle and Sylvie Ramond. Henri Matisse: Le Laboratoire Intérieur. Paris: Editions Hazan; Lyon: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 2016.
Programme Culturel: September 2016-Mars 2017. Lyon: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 2016.
Ramond, Sylvie and Isabelle Monod-Fontaine. Dossier De Presse: Henri Matisse: Le Laboratoire Intérieur. Lyon: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 2016.
Inscribed: lower left in black ink: "Henri Matisse 36"
Markings: Watermark: MBM
