Henri Matisse
Seated Woman (Study for “The Brown Dress”)
1921
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Henri Matisse
Seated Woman (Study for “The Brown Dress”)
1921
Physical Qualities
Charcoal with stumping and erasing on paper, Sheet: 540 × 406 mm. (21 1/4 × 16 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.59
Matisse’s decision to expand the range of his printmaking with tonal lithographs occurred at the same time he shifted his concentration in drawing to the use of charcoal. In charcoal drawings of 1922, the artist used erasure and smudging to model form and manipulate the effects of light. He was able to obtain similar chiaroscuro effects when working on a lithographic stone by rubbing back a dark tone or scratching in a highlight.
Matisse as Printmaker
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 100, no. 46.
Inscribed: lower right in charcoal: "Henri . Matisse."
