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Study for “The Nymphs” (refused etching)

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

Study for “The Nymphs” (refused etching)

1930-1931

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Study for “The Nymphs” (refused etching)

1930-1931

Physical Qualities Etching with scraping and burnishing (line removed in lower left) and 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 1950.12.694.15
1 of 2 possible refused etchings for Duthuit 5.14
A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore
Guillaud, Maurice, and Jacqueline Guillaud. Matisse: le rythme et la ligne. Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, plate no. 609 (published as “La coiffure d’Hérodiade”).
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 graphite: "Les Nymphes / planche refusée / Henri Matisse"

Markings: No WM; 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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