Skip to main content
Membership Shop
Study for “Prose for des Esseintes” - Image 1
Study for “Prose for des Esseintes” - Image 2

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

Study for “Prose for des Esseintes”

1930-1931

Thumbnail 1
Thumbnail 2
Scroll
Study for “Prose for des Esseintes”

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

Study for “Prose for des Esseintes”

Study for “Prose for des Esseintes”

1930-1931

Physical Qualities Graphite with erasing on paper (recto); graphite (verso), Sheet: 331 x 251 mm. (13 1/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.726
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest of Etta Cone, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, MD by purchase, 1931-33; the artist

Inscribed: lower right in pgraphite: "pour des Esseintes / Henri Matisse / I"

Markings: Watermark: ARCHES Chopmark: MALLARME ET MATISSE

Artist

Henri Matisse

1868–1953

French, 1869-1954
Meet Henri →

Part of

Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé

2000–2000

Meet Henri →
Not on View

Explore the Collection Further

BY SAME ARTIST
PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
Henri Matisse
Reclining Nude (Nu couché)
1906
PROSE FOR DES ESSEINTES (PUBLISHED STATE)
Henri Matisse and Roger Lacourière
Prose for Des Esseintes (published state)
1929–1930
UNTITLED
Henri Matisse
Untitled
2000
PROSE FOR DES ESSEINTES (STUDY)
Henri Matisse
Prose pour Des Esseintes (study)
1930–1931
STUDIES
Henri Matisse and Roger Lacourière
Studies
1929–1930
STUDY FOR "PROSE FOR DES ESSEINTES"
Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé
Study for "Prose for des Esseintes"
1930–1931
STUDIES
Henri Matisse and Roger Lacourière
Studies
1929–1930
Prestige Cloth with Interlock Design
Shoowa and Unidentified
Prestige Cloth with Interlock Design
1899–1939
RONDELS (PUBLISHED STATE)
Henri Matisse and Roger Lacourière
Rondels (published state)
1929–1930
Prestige Cloth with Thick Pile and "Double Knot" Design
Kuba, Shoowa, and others
Prestige Cloth with Thick Pile and "Double Knot" Design
1949–1968
UNTITLED (FAN AND GLOVES, PUBLISHED STATE ON PAGE PROOF)
Henri Matisse, Stéphane Mallarmé, and others
Untitled (fan and gloves, published state on page proof)
1929–1930
Prestige Cloth with Thick Pile and "Jagged Blocks" Design
Kuba, Shoowa, and others
Prestige Cloth with Thick Pile and "Jagged Blocks" Design
1958–1986