Henri Matisse
Seated Nude with Arms on Head
1903
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Henri Matisse
Seated Nude with Arms on Head
1903
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 13 3/4 x 6 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (34.9 x 16.2 x 18.1 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.431
“I took up sculpture because what interested me in painting was a clarification of my ideas. I changed my method, and worked in clay in order to have a rest from painting, in which I had done absolutely all that I could for the time being. That is to say that it was done for the purpose of organization, to put order into my feelings and to find a style to suit me. When I found it in sculpture, it helped me in my painting. It was always in view of a complete possession of mind, a sort of hierarchy of all my sensations that I kept working in the hope of finding an ultimate conclusion.” –Matisse, 1941
Installed with 1950.434 and 1950.435
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase from the artist, 1930
"A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture", The Art Institute of Chicago, June-November 1933, cat. # 1169 (called "Seated Nude").
"Matisse Retrospective Exhibition", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 13, 1951-January 13, 1952; The Cleveland Museum of Art February 5-March 16, 1952; The Art Institute of Chicago, April 1-May 1, 1952; The San Francisco Museum of Art May 21-July 6, 1952.
Wildenstein Gallery, New York, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", March 29-May 11, 1974.
Brenda Richardson, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, "Matisse in The Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", August 24-October 14, 1979.
"Matisse and Modern Masters from The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, October 3-December 28, 1996; Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, January 8-Febuary 11, 1997.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Denver Art Museum, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art", March 11, 2000-June 25, 2000; circulated to the Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23, 2000-September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000-January 28, 2001.
"Henri Matisse", Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencià, Spain, October 23, 2003-January 11, 2004.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash; BMA, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor", Dallas, January 21-April 29, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9-September 16, 2007; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 28, 2007-February 3, 2008, cat. no. 35, p. 269, ill. pp. 148, 149.
Jay Fisher, American Federation of the Arts, "Matisse as Printmaker", The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 25, 2009-January 3, 2010; circulating to The Tampa Museum of Art, January 29, 2010-April 10, 2010.
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore", circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May-25 September 2011, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 June-23 September 2012, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012-10 February 2013.
Percy North, BMA, "Max Weber: Bringing Paris to New York", March 3-June 30 2013.
National Gallery of Australia, "Matisse and Picasso", December 15, 2019-April 13, 2020.
"Matisse Retrospective Exhibition", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 13, 1951-January 13, 1952; The Cleveland Museum of Art February 5-March 16, 1952; The Art Institute of Chicago, April 1-May 1, 1952; The San Francisco Museum of Art May 21-July 6, 1952.
Wildenstein Gallery, New York, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", March 29-May 11, 1974.
Brenda Richardson, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, "Matisse in The Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", August 24-October 14, 1979.
"Matisse and Modern Masters from The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, October 3-December 28, 1996; Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, January 8-Febuary 11, 1997.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Denver Art Museum, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art", March 11, 2000-June 25, 2000; circulated to the Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23, 2000-September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000-January 28, 2001.
"Henri Matisse", Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencià, Spain, October 23, 2003-January 11, 2004.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash; BMA, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor", Dallas, January 21-April 29, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9-September 16, 2007; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 28, 2007-February 3, 2008, cat. no. 35, p. 269, ill. pp. 148, 149.
Jay Fisher, American Federation of the Arts, "Matisse as Printmaker", The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 25, 2009-January 3, 2010; circulating to The Tampa Museum of Art, January 29, 2010-April 10, 2010.
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore", circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May-25 September 2011, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 June-23 September 2012, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012-10 February 2013.
Percy North, BMA, "Max Weber: Bringing Paris to New York", March 3-June 30 2013.
National Gallery of Australia, "Matisse and Picasso", December 15, 2019-April 13, 2020.
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland" (Baltimore: 1934) plate. # 120c.
'Cone Bequest,' "BMA News," Oct. 1949, no. 118.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," (Baltimore: BMA, 1955) 45, no. 151.
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1951) 138, 557.
Escholier, Raymond. Matisse: A Portrait of the Artist and the Man. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, [1960], no. 45.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection, Revised Edition," (Baltimore: BMA, 1967) no. 140.
Albert Elsen, 'The Sculpture of Matisse,' "Art Forum," vol. VII, #2, Oct. 1968.
Albert Elsen, "The Sculpture of Matisse," (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1972) 58-60 (called: "Seated Woman," ill. p. 60).
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, "The Sculpture of Henri Matisse," (London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1984) cat. # 11.
Senzoku, Nobuyuki, ed. Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art = Kon korekushon ten. [Tokyo]: "Kon Korekushon" Ten Katarogu Iinkai, 1996, page 113, no. 59.
Lieberman, William S. Matisse: 50 Years of His Graphic Art. New York: G. Braziller, [1956], page 117.
Kosinski, Dorothy, Jay McKean Fisher, and Steven Nash. Matisse: Painter as Sculptor. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art: Nasher Sculpture Center; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, pages 148-149, 269, cat. no. 35.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 60, 76, pl. 38, ill.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.
Inscribed: "HM 2/10" back base.
Markings: "Cire - C. Valsuani - perdue" bottom back.
