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Head Turned Upside Down

Henri Matisse

Head Turned Upside Down

1905

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Henri Matisse

Head Turned Upside Down

1905

Physical Qualities Crayon transfer lithograph, Sheet: 448 x 276 mm. (17 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.233
"Matisse: Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art," exhibition circulated to: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 11 October 2013 - 12 January 2014 (NB title variation, IMA only - Matisse, Life in Color: Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art); Minneapolis Institute of Art, 23 February - 18 May 2014; San Antonio Museum of Art, 15 June - 7 September 2014.

Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.

Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Hahnloser-Ingold, Margrit. Matisse: The Graphic Work. New York: Rizzoli, 1988, p. 25, no. 9 (published as “Upside-Down Head”).

Artist

Henri Matisse

1868–1953

French, 1869-1954
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