1951.73.B: Nude Woman Leaning on Her Left Elbow

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

Permissions

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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

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