Henri Matisse
The Dam at Pont Neuf
1895
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Henri Matisse
The Dam at Pont Neuf
1895
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 11 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (29.2 × 37.1 cm.)
Framed: 16 1/4 × 19 3/8 × 4 in. (41.3 × 49.2 × 10.2 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.223
The brushwork and subject matter of this very early work was influenced by the Impressionists, although the somber palette may be a reflection of the artist's northern artistic roots. In 1896, his friend and fellow art student Henri Evenepoel wrote about a group of Seine riverscapes that he and Matisse painted together in the early morning: "The Seine is marvelous at that hour: a milky landscape, sky brimming with light, gilded, pink- and blue-tinted at the same time, the quays deserted! From 7:30 we work until ten because at that hour the atmosphere changes, the enveloping mist clears: the sun beats straight down to grill us: we have to give way to it!"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by bequest, 1929; Claribel Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, 1926; Galerie Paul Vallotton
Adelyn D. Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture", April 1-December 1, 1930, no. 41 (exhibited as "View of Seine").
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition", November 3-December 6, 1931, no. 4 (exhibited as "The Seine").
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7-December 31, 1949, no. 27.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland", November-December 1951, no. 170.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29-May 4, 1974, no. 12.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, August 24-October 14, 1979.
Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", October 3-December 28, 1996, no. 1; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8-February 11, 1997.
Marie-Thérèse Pulvénis de Séligny, Musée Matisse, Nice, "Matisse en France", July 8-September 21, 2004.
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition", November 3-December 6, 1931, no. 4 (exhibited as "The Seine").
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7-December 31, 1949, no. 27.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland", November-December 1951, no. 170.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29-May 4, 1974, no. 12.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, August 24-October 14, 1979.
Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", October 3-December 28, 1996, no. 1; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8-February 11, 1997.
Marie-Thérèse Pulvénis de Séligny, Musée Matisse, Nice, "Matisse en France", July 8-September 21, 2004.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1930, p.6, no. 41 (published as "View of Seine").
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1931, pp. 10, 45, no. 4 (published as "The Seine").
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 24, pl. 28, ill. (published as "Le Barrage du Pont Neuf").
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin, and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 14.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1951, p. 46, no. 170.
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1951, pp. 34, 557, 575, 578.
Clive Bell, "Modern French Painting: The Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1951, pp. 3-4.
Gaston Diehl, "Henri Matisse," Paris: Éditions Pierre Tisné, 1954, p. 13 (published as "La Seine").
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 31, no. 38.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 66, no. 35.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, no. 12.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, p. 197.
Jack Flam, "Matisse the Man and His Art 1869-1918," Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986, pp. 37, 517, fig. 16, ill.
Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, pp. 46, 158, no. 1, ill.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," London: Scala Publishers, 2000, p. 33, ill.
Jack Flam, "Matisse in the Cone Collection: The Poetics of Vision," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 23-24, 26, pl. 3, ill.
Jean Cassarini, Philippe Durey, Claude Duthuit, Marie-Thérèse Pulvénis de Séligny and Dominique Szymusiak, "Matisse en France," Paris: Éditions Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2004, p. 89.
Fillion, Susan. Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel: Bringing Matisse to America. Boston: David R. Godine, 2011, page 51.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower right in paint, "Matisse.96"
On View at the BMA
