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Poems

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

Poems

1930-1931

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Physical Qualities Graphite with erasing and stumping on paper, Sheet: 252 x 329 mm. (9 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.705
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest of Etta Cone, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, MD by purchase, 1931-33; the artist
BMA, Cone rotation, September 1994.

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 88.
Guillaud, Maurice, and Jacqueline Guillaud. Matisse: le rythme et la ligne. Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, plate no. 613 (published as “Hérodiade II”).

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "Henri Matisse / Dessin pour Hérodiade II"

Markings: Watermark: ARCHES Chopmark: MALLARME ET MATISSE

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