Henri Matisse
Study for “The Yellow Dress”
1923-1935
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Henri Matisse
Study for “The Yellow Dress”
1923-1935
Physical Qualities
Graphite on paper, Sheet: 333 × 255 mm. (13 1/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Marguerite Matisse Duthuit Collection
Object Number
2010.91
In the final group of studies, executed with notable hatch marks and erasures, the artist is less concerned with capturing the character of the model than with situating the model firmly in three-dimensional space. In the final image of the group, Matisse has arrived at the full-length, frontal pose in the finished painting.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Claude and Barbara Duthuit, France
Katy Rothkopf and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Modern Influence: Henry Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore," October 3, 2021 - January 2, 2022.
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.
Inscribed: by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: "FF/41"
