Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé
Study for “The Tomb of Charles Baudelaire”
1931-1932
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Study for “The Tomb of Charles Baudelaire”
1931-1932
Physical Qualities
Graphite with erasing on paper, Sheet: 318 x 236 mm. (12 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Mat: 20" x 16"
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.900
Here Matisse sketches a series of five portraits of Baudelaire, moving from the three-quarter view he developed earlier to the frontal view that he ultimately chose for the published illustration. The portrait at the upper right of the sheet is the most resolved artistically. In it, the artist has developed Baudelaire’s characteristic features most completely and settled on the intense, grimacing affect of the final published portrait.
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, BMA, "Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon," 4 October 2009 - 17 January 2010.
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.
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
Doreen Bolger, BMA, "Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon," 4 October 2009 - 17 January 2010.
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.
Victor Carlson, BMA, "Matisse as Draughtsman," exh cat. 1971, fig. 49.a.
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: "Baudelaire I / Henri . Matisse"
Markings: No watermark Chopmark: MALLARME ET MATISSE
