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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13022
People
Henri Matisse, French (Cateau-Cambresis, France 1869 - 1954 Nice, France)
Title
The Large Woodcut Nude
Other Titles
Original Language Title: "Le Grand Bois"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1906
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/271777

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 47.1 x 38.3 cm (18 9/16 x 15 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Peter H. Deitsch], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, March 22, 1955.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
D.-M. 317

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial and Alpheus Hyatt Funds
Copyright
© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
M13022
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, p. 40, fig. 26, ill. (b/w)
  • Linda C. Hults, The Print in the Western World: An Introductory History, University of Wisconsin Press (Madison, WI, 1996), p. 643, fig. 11.1
  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 183, ill.

Exhibition History

  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/20/2008 - 02/08/2009
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/13/2009 - 01/17/2010
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 10 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/12/2010 - 01/15/2011

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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