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Seated Odalisque and Sketch

Henri Matisse

Seated Odalisque and Sketch

1930

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Henri Matisse

Seated Odalisque and Sketch

1930

Physical Qualities Graphite on paper, Sheet: 280 × 378 mm. (11 × 14 7/8 in.) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.44
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; from Etta Cone, Baltimore; purchased from Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1937; acquired from the artist, 1937 (see Angela Rosengart letter).
Matisse in the Studio

A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore

Matisse: Open Windows
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed., Matisse: 20 March - 17 May, 1981, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: 26 May - 19 July, 1981, the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1981, pp. 233-234, no. 124 (published as “Seated Odalisque”).
Senzoku, Nobuyuki, ed. Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art = Kon korekushon ten. [Tokyo]: "Kon Korekushon" Ten Katarogu Iinkai, 1996, page 103, no. 49.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.

Inscribed: Recto: at lower left, in graphite: "Henri Matisse" Verso: at bottom left, in graphite: "XXX"

Markings: WM: M B M

Artist

Henri Matisse

1868–1953

French, 1869-1954
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