Henri Matisse
Seated Nude Clasping Her Right Leg
1917
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Henri Matisse
Seated Nude Clasping Her Right Leg
1917
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 9 x 8 5/8 x 6 in. (22.9 x 21.9 x 15.2 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.434
“I took up sculpture because what interested me in painting was a clarification of my ideas. I changed my method, and worked in clay in order to have a rest from painting, in which I had done absolutely all that I could for the time being. That is to say that it was done for the purpose of organization, to put order into my feelings and to find a style to suit me. When I found it in sculpture, it helped me in my painting. It was always in view of a complete possession of mind, a sort of hierarchy of all my sensations that I kept working in the hope of finding an ultimate conclusion.” –Matisse, 1941
Installed with 1950.435 and 1950.431
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase from the artist, Sep. 1930.
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G. Poulain, 'Sculptures de Henri Matisse,' "Formes," No. IX, Nov. 1930, p. 10.
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland" (Baltimore: 1934) plate. # 121c.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," (Baltimore: BMA, 1955) 45, no. 154.
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Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1951) 557.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection, Revised Edition," (Baltimore: BMA, 1967) no. 143.
Albert Elsen, "The Sculpture of Matisse," (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1972) 138-41[Elsen refers to this piece as "Seated Venus"].
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, "The Sculpture of Henri Matisse," (London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1984) cat. # 52.
Kosinski, Dorothy, Jay McKean Fisher, and Steven Nash. Matisse: Painter as Sculptor. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art: Nasher Sculpture Center; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, page 186-187, 271, cat. no. 68.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 52, 76, pl. 28, ill.
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Claude Duthuit and Wanda de Guébriant, "Henri Matisse: Catalgoue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté," Paris, Claude Duthuit (publisher), 1997, p. 170, cat. #61 (edition 6).
Inscribed: "HM 6/10"on lower back
Markings: "Cire - C. Valsuani - perdue" on back side lower right. Paper label on bottom: "Gallery Thannhauser/ Berlin/ Luzerne, Bellvue Str. 13/Halden Str.11/C8 20450"
