2005.140: Head of a Girl

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

Permissions

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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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