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Study for “The Swan”

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

Study for “The Swan”

1930-1931

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Study for “The Swan”

1930-1931

Physical Qualities Graphite with erasing on paper (recto); graphite (verso), Sheet: 330 x 251 mm. (13 x 9 7/8 in.) Mat: 20" x 16"
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.738
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Marie Harriman Gallery, Dec 1932
A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore
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Céline Chicha-Castex and Emilie Ovaere-Corthay, "Matisse Drawing Life," Queensland, Australia: Queensland Art Gallery, 2011, p. 67.
Valakos, Dorothy. Matisse for Kids. Brochure. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2001, unpaged.
Sidney Buckland and Myriam Chemènes, 'Francis Poulenc: Music, Art and Literature. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1999, p.63,
Néret, Gilles. Matisse. [Place of publication not identified]: Konecky & Konecky, 1993, p. 154, no. 237 (published as “Swan”).
Guillaud, Maurice, and Jacqueline Guillaud. Matisse: le rythme et la ligne. Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, plate no. 642 (published as “Le Cygne”).
Baltimore Museum of Art. Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection. Revised edition. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, title page.
Baltimore Museum of Art. Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, page 52.
Barr, Alfred Hamilton. Matisse, His Art and His Public. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1951, page 466.
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 94

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "Le Cygne II / Henri - Matisse"

Markings: Watermark: ARCHES (TR) 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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