Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé
Studies for “Le Tombeau de Charles Baudelaire et Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe”
1930
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Studies for “Le Tombeau de Charles Baudelaire et Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe”
1930
Physical Qualities
Graphite with erasing on paper, Sheet: 317 x 238 mm. (12 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.901
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest of Etta Cone, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, MD by purchase, 1931-33; the artist
Baltimore Museum of Art, ''Sketches and Sketchbook Pages'', April 25-June 25, 1978.
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
Doreen Bolger, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Haunting Visions of Poe; Illustrations by Manet, Matisse & Gauguin," Sept. 17, 2003-Jan. 11, 2004.
Doreen Bolger, BMA, "Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon," 4 October 2009 - 17 January 2010.
Musee d'Orsay, "Matisse in the 1930s". Philidelphia Museum of Art, Philidelphia, Pennslyvania, 13 October 2022- 29 January 2023.
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
Doreen Bolger, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Haunting Visions of Poe; Illustrations by Manet, Matisse & Gauguin," Sept. 17, 2003-Jan. 11, 2004.
Doreen Bolger, BMA, "Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon," 4 October 2009 - 17 January 2010.
Musee d'Orsay, "Matisse in the 1930s". Philidelphia Museum of Art, Philidelphia, Pennslyvania, 13 October 2022- 29 January 2023.
Victor Carlson, BMA, "Matisse as Draughtsman," exh cat 1971, fig. 49.b.
Sarda, Marie-Anne. Matisse et Mallarmé. Vulaines-sur-Seine: Musée départemental Stéphane Mallarmé, 2002, page 135, fig. 54 (published as “Dessin préparatoire pour ‘Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe ètude pour Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé”).
Inscribed: lower right in graphite: "II / Henri . Matisse"
Markings: No watermark; Chopmark: MALLARME ET MATISSE
