Details
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Henriette III (Grosse tête souriante)
signed with initials and numbered on the back of the neck 'H.M. 5' and stamped with foundry mark on the back of the base 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE'--bronze with black patina
Height: 16 in. (20.6 cm.)
Original model executed in Nice in 1929; this bronze version cast in 1953, number five in an edition of 10 with one artist's proof
Henriette III (Grosse tête souriante)
signed with initials and numbered on the back of the neck 'H.M. 5' and stamped with foundry mark on the back of the base 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE'--bronze with black patina
Height: 16 in. (20.6 cm.)
Original model executed in Nice in 1929; this bronze version cast in 1953, number five in an edition of 10 with one artist's proof
Provenance
Jean Matisse, Pontoise
Literature
E. Huttinger, Henri Matisse, Das plastische Werk, Zurich, 1959, p. 24, no. 57 (another cast illustrated; incorrectly dated 1927)
L. Aragon, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1971, vol. II, pp. 109-116, no. 103 (another cast illustrated; incorrectly dated 1927)
A.E. Elsen, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, New York, 1971, pp. 168 and 169, no. 226 and 227 (another cast illustrated)
M. Luzi and M. Carra, L'opera di Matisse 1904-1928, Milan, 1971, p. 108, no. S-22 (another cast illustrated)
P. Schneider, "Matisse Sculptures: The Invisible Revolution," Art News, March, 1972, p. 69 (another cast illustrated)
W. Tucker, The Language of Sculpture, London, 1974, pp. 97 and 98 (another cast illustrated)
A. Izerghina, Henri Matisse, Paintings and Sculptures in Soviet Museums, Leningrad, 1978, pp. 190 and 191, no. 60 (another cast illustrated)
I. Monod-Fontaine, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, London, 1984, pl. 59 (another cast illustrated)
P. Schneider, Matisse, New York, 1984, p. 561 (another cast illustrated)
C. Duthuit, F. Garnaud and Y.-A. Bois, Henri Matisse, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, p. 168, no. 75 (another cast illustrated, p. 169)
L. Aragon, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1971, vol. II, pp. 109-116, no. 103 (another cast illustrated; incorrectly dated 1927)
A.E. Elsen, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, New York, 1971, pp. 168 and 169, no. 226 and 227 (another cast illustrated)
M. Luzi and M. Carra, L'opera di Matisse 1904-1928, Milan, 1971, p. 108, no. S-22 (another cast illustrated)
P. Schneider, "Matisse Sculptures: The Invisible Revolution," Art News, March, 1972, p. 69 (another cast illustrated)
W. Tucker, The Language of Sculpture, London, 1974, pp. 97 and 98 (another cast illustrated)
A. Izerghina, Henri Matisse, Paintings and Sculptures in Soviet Museums, Leningrad, 1978, pp. 190 and 191, no. 60 (another cast illustrated)
I. Monod-Fontaine, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, London, 1984, pl. 59 (another cast illustrated)
P. Schneider, Matisse, New York, 1984, p. 561 (another cast illustrated)
C. Duthuit, F. Garnaud and Y.-A. Bois, Henri Matisse, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, p. 168, no. 75 (another cast illustrated, p. 169)