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Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé

Poems

1930-1931

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Physical Qualities Graphite with erasing on paper (recto); graphite (verso), Sheet: 330 x 251 mm. (13 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.699
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest of Etta Cone, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, MD by purchase, 1931-33; the artist
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
Cone, Etta. The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland: Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. [Baltimore, MD]: [Etta Cone], 1934, plate 86.
Guillaud, Maurice, and Jacqueline Guillaud. Matisse: le rythme et la ligne. Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, plate no. 600 (published as “Apparition no. 2”).

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "La Negresse II / Henri Matisse"

Markings: Chopmark: MALLARME ET MATISSE Watermark: ARCHES

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