Henri Matisse
Seated Woman (Study for “The Brown Dress”)
1921
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Henri Matisse
Seated Woman (Study for “The Brown Dress”)
1921
Physical Qualities
Charcoal with stumping and erasing on paper, Sheet: 540 × 406 mm. (21 1/4 × 16 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.59
Matisse’s decision to expand the range of his printmaking with tonal lithographs occurred at the same time he shifted his concentration in drawing to the use of charcoal. In charcoal drawings of 1922, the artist used erasure and smudging to model form and manipulate the effects of light. He was able to obtain similar chiaroscuro effects when working on a lithographic stone by rubbing back a dark tone or scratching in a highlight.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, "Matisse in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 24 August - 14 October 1979.
BMA, "European Drawings and Watercolors, 1941 - 1940: Selections from the Museum Collection," 19 February - 28 April, 1985.
"Matisse and Modern Masters from The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 3 October - 28 December, 1996; Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 8 January - 11 February, 1997.
"Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art," circulated to Denver Art Museum, 12 March - 25 June 2000; Birmingham Museum of Art, 16 June - 10 September 2000; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 10 October 2000 - 28 January 2001.
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, and Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, October 29, 2010 - February 13, 2011.
BMA, "European Drawings and Watercolors, 1941 - 1940: Selections from the Museum Collection," 19 February - 28 April, 1985.
"Matisse and Modern Masters from The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 3 October - 28 December, 1996; Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 8 January - 11 February, 1997.
"Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art," circulated to Denver Art Museum, 12 March - 25 June 2000; Birmingham Museum of Art, 16 June - 10 September 2000; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 10 October 2000 - 28 January 2001.
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, and Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, October 29, 2010 - February 13, 2011.
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 100, no. 46.
Inscribed: lower right in charcoal: "Henri . Matisse."
