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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.136
People
Henri Matisse, French (Cateau-Cambresis, France 1869 - 1954 Nice, France)
Title
Woman Sitting in an Armchair; verso: faint sketch
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Femme Assise dans une Fauteuil
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1921
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/19246

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 38.4 x 28.4 cm (15 1/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., graphite: Henri Matisse
  • watermark: MBM
  • inscription: verso, lower left, blue crayon: 355/ [?]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: [lower right:] 2839 / 1516 / 4355 / 51.5 x 40.5 [or 51" x 40"?] / inv 1644; [along right edge:] [?] dessin[?] 345 3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard B. Sisson (after 1965), New York City and Cuba, New York, 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
2005.136
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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