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Study for “The Tomb of Charles Baudelaire” (refused etching) - Image 1
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Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé

Study for “The Tomb of Charles Baudelaire” (refused etching)

1930-1931

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Study for “The Tomb of Charles Baudelaire” (refused etching)

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

Study for “The Tomb of Charles Baudelaire” (refused etching)

Study for “The Tomb of Charles Baudelaire” (refused etching)

1930-1931

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 334 x 250 mm. (13 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.694.27
This three-quarter view of Baudelaire is based on the drawing that hangs beside it. It is a preliminary idea for the portrait, which Matisse rejected in favor of the composition that ultimately appeared as the final illustration in the published book Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé.
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Inscribed: lower right in pencil: "Ch B- / planche refusée / 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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