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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.73.B
People
Henri Matisse, French (Cateau-Cambresis, France 1869 - 1954 Nice, France)
Title
Nude Woman Leaning on Her Left Elbow
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1935-1939
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296964

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
48 x 31.5 cm (18 7/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henri Matisse (c. 1935-1939 until 1948), sold; to Maurice Wertheim, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1951.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest from the Collection of Maurice Wertheim, Class of 1906
Copyright
© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.73.B
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John O'Brian, Degas to Matisse: the Maurice Wertheim Collection, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and Fogg Art Museum (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, 1988), pp. 122-125, repr. p. 125
  • Elizabeth M. Rudy, "Researching the Wertheim Collection at the Harvard Art Museums", Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals (Summer 2014), Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 301-6

Exhibition History

  • The Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/29/1992 - 03/07/1993

Verification Level

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