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Study for Rondels

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

Study for Rondels

1930-1931

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Physical Qualities Pen and black ink on paper, Sheet: 333 x 252 mm. (13 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.735
Text is actually a mistranscription of a line from Fuillet d'album: "Votre très naturel et clair / Rire d’enfant qui charme l’air." Matisse transposes smile for laugh.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest of Etta Cone, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, MD by purchase, 1931-33; the artist
Guillaud, Maurice, and Jacqueline Guillaud. Matisse: le rythme et la ligne. Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, plate no. 631 (published as “Sourire d’enfant”).

Inscribed: lower right in black ink: "sourire d'enfant / 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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