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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

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Study for “Prose for des Esseintes”

1930-1931

Physical Qualities Graphite with erasing on paper, Sheet: 326 x 260 mm. (12 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.728
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest of Etta Cone, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, MD by purchase, 1931-33; the artist
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 87.
Hahnloser-Ingold, Margrit. Matisse: The Graphic Work. New York: Rizzoli, 1988, p. 142 (published as “Pour des Esseintes III”).

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "Pour des Esseintes III / Henri Matisse"

Markings: chopmark: MALLARME ET MATISSE

Artist

Henri Matisse

1868–1953

French, 1869-1954
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Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé

2000–2000

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