Henri Matisse
Striped Robe, Fruit, and Anemones
1939
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Henri Matisse
Striped Robe, Fruit, and Anemones
1939
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 21 5/8 × 25 5/8 in. (54.9 × 65.1 cm.)
Framed: 29 5/8 × 33 7/8 × 4 3/16 in.
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.263
Produced in February 1940, this work is a wonderful example of the fluid paintings of Matisse’s late period. The model, dressed in an elegantly striped robe, looks out directly at the viewer, seemingly unaware of the cacophony of colorful flowers and foliage that surrounds her. Matisse invented a composition that is delicately balanced between
realism and abstraction.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, November 12, 1940; Pierre Matisse, New York; from the artist
Adelyn Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940", June 6, 1941-September 1, 1941. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 66. (Exhibited as "Striped blouse and Anemones")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, October 23, 1953-November 22, 1953. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to M. Knoedler & Company, New York, January 24, 1955-February 19, 1955. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
William J. Hesthal, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, "Fruits and Flowers in Painting: An Exhibition Spanning Five Centuries of Art in the Western World", August 12, 1958-September 14, 1958, no. 79. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29, 1974-May 4, 1974, no. 38. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, August 24, 1979-October 14, 1979.
Marsha Semmel, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, "Small Paintings from Famous Collections", April 4, 1981-June 7, 1981. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 6, 1985-November 24, 1985; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, December 14, 1985-February 9, 1986.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse, Picasso and Impressionist Masters from the Cone Collection", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, October 2, 1991-January 19, 1992.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993-January 30, 1994.
Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", October 3, 1996-December 28, 1996, no. 40; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8, 1997-February 11, 1997.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Denver Art Museum, March 11, 2000-June 25, 2000; Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23, 2000-September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000-January 28, 2001.
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore", circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May-25 September 2011, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 June-23 September 2012, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012-10 February 2013.
Musee d'Orsay, "Matisse in the 1930s", Philidelphia Museum of Art, Philidelphia, Pennslyvania, 13 October 2022-29 January 2023. Musee de l'Orangerie, France, 27 February-29 May 2023. Musee Matisse; Le Cateau-Cabresis, France, 23 June 2023-24 September 2023.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 66. (Exhibited as "Striped blouse and Anemones")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, October 23, 1953-November 22, 1953. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to M. Knoedler & Company, New York, January 24, 1955-February 19, 1955. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
William J. Hesthal, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, "Fruits and Flowers in Painting: An Exhibition Spanning Five Centuries of Art in the Western World", August 12, 1958-September 14, 1958, no. 79. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29, 1974-May 4, 1974, no. 38. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, August 24, 1979-October 14, 1979.
Marsha Semmel, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, "Small Paintings from Famous Collections", April 4, 1981-June 7, 1981. (Exhibited as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 6, 1985-November 24, 1985; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, December 14, 1985-February 9, 1986.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse, Picasso and Impressionist Masters from the Cone Collection", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, October 2, 1991-January 19, 1992.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993-January 30, 1994.
Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", October 3, 1996-December 28, 1996, no. 40; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8, 1997-February 11, 1997.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Denver Art Museum, March 11, 2000-June 25, 2000; Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23, 2000-September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000-January 28, 2001.
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore", circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May-25 September 2011, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 June-23 September 2012, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012-10 February 2013.
Musee d'Orsay, "Matisse in the 1930s", Philidelphia Museum of Art, Philidelphia, Pennslyvania, 13 October 2022-29 January 2023. Musee de l'Orangerie, France, 27 February-29 May 2023. Musee Matisse; Le Cateau-Cabresis, France, 23 June 2023-24 September 2023.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1941, p. 84-85. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
Leo Swane, "Matisse," Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söners, 1944, p. 112, fig. 43, ill. (Published as "Randig blus, frukter och anemone")
George Besson, "Matisse," Paris: Les Éditions Braun & Cie, 1945, no. 48, ill. (Published as "Robe Rayée, Fruits et Anémones")
"Baltimore Inherits the Cone Collection of Modern Art," "The Art Digest," October 1, 1949, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 24. (Published as "The Woman with the Anemones")
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of the Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 18. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
"Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, Collectors," "Art News," vol. XLVIII, no. 9, January 1950, p. 40. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
"Was Kaufen Amerikanische Museen?," "Die Welkunst," December 15, 1950, no. 24, p. 4, ill. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
Doris Brian, "The Baltimore Museum's Cone Collection: A Pointed Star," "The Art Digest," January 15, 1950, vol. 24, no. 8, p. 8, ill. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1951, pp. 266, 547, 557, 589. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
"Matisse: A Rare Collection Record," "Vogue" March 1, 1955, vol. 125, pp. 133, 135, p. 135, ill. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Museum, 1955, p. 37, no. 78.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 37, no. 78. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
"Fruits and Flowers in Painting: An Exhibition Spanning Five Centuries of Art in the Western World," Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1958, p. 28, no.79. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 67, no. 75. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
"Cone Collection from the Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, no. 38. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
Katherine Hanna and Marsha Semmel, "Small Paintings from Famous Collections," Cincinnati: The Taft Museum, 1981, n.p., ill. (Published as "Striped Blouse and Anemones")
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 24, 94, 146-147, 193, 202, p. 24, ill.
Judith W. Steinbergh, "A Living Anytime," Boston; Troubadour Press, 1988, cover page, ill.
Jacqueline and Maurice Guillaud, "Matisse: Le Rythme et la Ligne," Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, pp. 313, 402, 646, no. 414, ill. (Published as "Robe rayée, fruit et anemones")
Girard, Xavier. Les chefs-d'œuvre du Musée Matisse, Nice, Cimiez. [Dijon]: Ville de Dijon; [Paris]: Réunion des musées nationaux; [Nice-Cimiez]: Musée Matisse, [1991], page 88 (published as “Blouse rayée et anémones”).
Patricia C. Johnson, "Two Sisters and Their Art," "The Houston Chronicle," November 21, 1993, Zest section, p. 9.
Delectorskaya, Lydia. Henri Matisse, contre vents et marées: peinture et livres illustrés de 1939 à 1943. Paris: Éditions Irus et Vincent Hansma, 1996, p. 75, ill. (published as “Robe rayée, fruits, anemones”).
Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, pp. 96, 149, 159, no. 40, ill.
John O'Brian, "Ruthless Hedonism: The American Reception of Matisse," Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999, pp. 225, 280.
Jack Flam, "Matisse in the Cone Collection: The Poetics of Vision," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 111-112, pl. 50, ill.
Ellen B. Hirschland and Nancy Hirschland Ramage, "The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt," Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008, pp. 147, 277.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. cover page, 66, 76, cover page, pl. 44, ill.
Hilarie M. Sheets, "'My Two Baltimore Ladies,'" "ArtNews," May 2011, vol. 110, no. 5, p. 49, ill.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.
Affron, Matthew, Cécile Debray, and Claudine Grammont. Matisse in the 1930s. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2022. ill.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower left in paint, "Henri Matisse 40" Verso: Bottom left stretcher, center on the right vertical stretcher, red stamp, "21 ANCO INC/GLENDALE, L.I." Top right stretcher in graphite, "Watson"
On View at the BMA
