Henri Matisse
Study for “The Yellow Dress”
c. 1929-1931
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Henri Matisse
Study for “The Yellow Dress”
c. 1929-1931
Physical Qualities
Pen and black ink on paper, Sheet: 321 × 238 mm. (12 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
Mat: 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Marguerite Matisse Duthuit Collection
Object Number
2009.10
This drawing is made with the more permanent ink medium which does not allow for revision, so are more likely to be more spontaneously drawn portraits of Lisette in the familiar yellow dress with only slight reference to the interior space where she modeled.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Claude Duthuit, France
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Cone Wing rotation, 28 September 2009 - 29 March 2010.
"Matisse: Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art," exhibition circulated to: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 11 October 2013 - 12 January 2014 (NB title variation, IMA only - Matisse, Life in Color: Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art); Minneapolis Institute of Art, 23 February - 18 May 2014; San Antonio Museum of Art, 15 June - 7 September 2014.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Matisse Prints and Drawings," December 9, 2015 - July 10 2016.
Katy Rothkopf and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Modern Influence: Henry Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore," October 3, 2021 - January 2, 2022.
"Matisse: Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art," exhibition circulated to: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 11 October 2013 - 12 January 2014 (NB title variation, IMA only - Matisse, Life in Color: Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art); Minneapolis Institute of Art, 23 February - 18 May 2014; San Antonio Museum of Art, 15 June - 7 September 2014.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Matisse Prints and Drawings," December 9, 2015 - July 10 2016.
Katy Rothkopf and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Modern Influence: Henry Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore," October 3, 2021 - January 2, 2022.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.
Markings: WM: MBM- (partial/cut off), upper right
