Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé
Study for Rondels
1930-1931
Scroll
Study for Rondels
1930-1931
Physical Qualities
Pen and black ink on paper, Sheet: 333 x 252 mm. (13 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.735
Text is actually a mistranscription of a line from Fuillet d'album: "Votre très naturel et clair / Rire d’enfant qui charme l’air." Matisse transposes smile for laugh.
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.
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
Guillaud, Maurice, and Jacqueline Guillaud. Matisse: le rythme et la ligne. Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, plate no. 631 (published as “Sourire d’enfant”).
Inscribed: lower right in black ink: "sourire d'enfant / Henri - Matisse"
Markings: Chopmark: MALLARME ET MATISSE
