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Study for “Nymph and Faun” (refused etching)

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

Study for “Nymph and Faun” (refused etching)

1931-1932

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Study for “Nymph and Faun” (refused etching)

1931-1932

Physical Qualities Etching with plate tone, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 330 x 250 mm. (13 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.694.18
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.
Guillaud, Maurice, and Jacqueline Guillaud. Matisse: le rythme et la ligne. Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, plate no. 615 (published as “L’Après-midi d’un Faune; le faune et la nymphe”).
Hahnloser-Ingold, Margrit. Matisse: The Graphic Work. New York: Rizzoli, 1988, p. 141, no. 67 (published as “Etching, rejected plate for L'après-midi d'un faune, in Poésies de Stéphané Mallarme”).
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 right in pencil: "le Faune et la nymphe / planche refusée / Henri Matisse"

Markings: No WM; chopmark: MALLARME ET MATISSE

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