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Study for “Apparition”

Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé

Study for “Apparition”

1931-1932

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Study for “Apparition”

1931-1932

Physical Qualities Graphite with erasing and stumping on paper, Sheet: 331 x 258 mm. (13 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.696
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest of Etta Cone, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, MD by purchase, 1931-33; the artist
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.

Katy Rothkopf and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Modern Influence: Henry Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore," October 3, 2021 - January 2, 2022.
Cone, Etta. The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland: Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. [Baltimore, MD]: [Etta Cone], 1934, plate 84.
Guillaud, Maurice, and Jacqueline Guillaud. Matisse: le rythme et la ligne. Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, plate no. 597 (published as “Le Guignon (pleine page)”).
Fisher, Jay. "Mallarmé's Poésies." In "Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Books Arts," edited by John Bidwell (Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press, 2015), p. 39, fig. 16.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "Apparition I / Henri Matisse"

Markings: No WM MALLARME ET MATISSE

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