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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.140
People
Henri Matisse, French (Cateau-Cambresis, France 1869 - 1954 Nice, France)
Title
Head of a Girl
Other Titles
Former Title: Head of a Girl, Bust-length in Three-quarters Facing Right, Leaning on Her Right Hand
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1918
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/19201

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
37 x 24.4 cm (14 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., graphite: Henri Matisse
  • watermark: appears to be CANSON ET MONTGOLFIER
  • gallery label: Saidenberg Gallery (1037 Madison Avenue, New York), printed and typed: Artist Henri MATISSE / Title "Head of a Girl" / Medium Pencil / Year circa 1918 / Size 14 x 9"
  • gallery label: Marlborough-Gerson Gallery Inc. (41 East 57th Street, New York) label, printed and typed: STOCK NO. N. 13.665 ARTIST MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954) / TITLE Head of a Girl DATE ca. 1918 / MEDIUM pencil SIZE 14 x 9" (sight)
  • exhibition label: Art Department, Vassar College, printed and typed: [no.] 108 / Artist: Henri Matisse (French, / 1869-1954) / Title: Head of a Girl / Medium: Pencil on off-white paper, / 14 x 9 / Lender: Anonymous
  • label: Collection Nelson A. Rockefeller, printed and typed: ARTIST: MATISSE, Henri / TITLE: HEAD OF A GIRL / MEDIUM: Pencil / NUMBER: 25-215
  • label: Museum of Modern Art, printed and typed: LOAN / 69.330 / Rockefeller

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard B. Sisson, New York City and Cuba, NY, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Richard B. Sisson and through the generosity of Anthony and Celeste Meier
Copyright
© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.140
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Belle Krasne Ribicoff, Centennial Loan Exhibition: Drawings and Watercolors from Alumnae and Their Families, exh. cat., Vassar College Art Gallery (Poughkeepsie, 1961), fig. 108
  • Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art (New York, 1969), p. 133

Exhibition History

  • Centennial Loan Exhibition: Drawings and Watercolors from Alumnae and Their Families, Vassar College, 05/19/1961 - 06/11/1961; Wildenstein & Company, New York, 06/14/1961 - 09/09/1961
  • Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 05/26/1969 - 09/01/1969

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