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Masterpieces: The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Robe noire et robe violette
Details
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Robe noire et robe violette
signed and dated 'Henri Matisse 38' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 5⁄8 x 23 5⁄8 in. (72.8 x 60.1 cm.)
Painted in Nice 16 April-11 May 1938
Robe noire et robe violette
signed and dated 'Henri Matisse 38' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 5⁄8 x 23 5⁄8 in. (72.8 x 60.1 cm.)
Painted in Nice 16 April-11 May 1938
Provenance
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York (acquired from the artist, 1938).
Edward and Katharine Bennett, Jr., Lake Forest, Illinois (acquired from the above, 6 March 1941); sale, Christie’s, New York, 7 November 1995, lot 48.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection (acquired from the above, 7 March 1997).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 2000).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 21 December 2004.
Edward and Katharine Bennett, Jr., Lake Forest, Illinois (acquired from the above, 6 March 1941); sale, Christie’s, New York, 7 November 1995, lot 48.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection (acquired from the above, 7 March 1997).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 2000).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 21 December 2004.
Literature
H. Buchalter, "Carnegie International, 1939" in Magazine of Art, vol. 32, no. 11, November 1939, p. 629.
J. Cassou, Paintings and Drawings of Matisse, Paris, 1939, p. 24 (illustrated in color; titled Two Figures on a Background of Foliage).
C. Zervos, ed., "Expositions et nouvelles acquisitions des musées" in Cahiers d'Art, vol. 14, nos. 1-4, 1939, p. 76 (illustrated; titled Deux figures et fleurs dans un pot bleu).
G. Diehl, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1958, p. 119 (illustrated; titled Deux figures sur fond de feuillage).
M. Luzi and M. Carrà, L'opera di Matisse: Dalla rivolta 'fauve' all'intimismo, 1904-1928, Milan, 1971, p. 106, no. 483 (illustrated; titled Deux figures sur fond de feuillage).
L. Delectorskaya, With Apparent Ease... Henri Matisse: Paintings from 1935-1939, Paris, 1988, pp. 32 and 262 (illustrated in color, p. 263; earlier states illustrated, p. 262).
L. Delectorskaya, Henri Matisse: Contre vents et marées, peinture et livres illustrés de 1939 à 1943, Paris, 1996, p. 234, no. 30 (illustrated in color).
J. Cassou, Paintings and Drawings of Matisse, Paris, 1939, p. 24 (illustrated in color; titled Two Figures on a Background of Foliage).
C. Zervos, ed., "Expositions et nouvelles acquisitions des musées" in Cahiers d'Art, vol. 14, nos. 1-4, 1939, p. 76 (illustrated; titled Deux figures et fleurs dans un pot bleu).
G. Diehl, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1958, p. 119 (illustrated; titled Deux figures sur fond de feuillage).
M. Luzi and M. Carrà, L'opera di Matisse: Dalla rivolta 'fauve' all'intimismo, 1904-1928, Milan, 1971, p. 106, no. 483 (illustrated; titled Deux figures sur fond de feuillage).
L. Delectorskaya, With Apparent Ease... Henri Matisse: Paintings from 1935-1939, Paris, 1988, pp. 32 and 262 (illustrated in color, p. 263; earlier states illustrated, p. 262).
L. Delectorskaya, Henri Matisse: Contre vents et marées, peinture et livres illustrés de 1939 à 1943, Paris, 1996, p. 234, no. 30 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Henri Matisse, October-November 1938, no. 30.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition d'art francais contemporain, November-December 1938, p. 39, no. 66 (titled Deux femmes dans un intérieur).
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The 1939 International Exhibition of Paintings, October-December 1939, no. 203 (titled Two Figures and Flowers).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of French Art Lent by The Louvre, Museums and Collectors of France, April-May 1941, no. 2.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Collectors, September-October 1963 (titled Two Women).
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1975-1995 (on extended loan).
Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; Nagasaki, Huis ten Bosch Museum of Art; Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art and Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, The Exhibition from Swiss Private Collections, May-November 1996, p. 62, no. 23 (illustrated in color, p. 63).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Joie de vivre, June-September 1997, p. 75, no. 46 (illustrated in color, p. 57; titled Les deux femmes dans un intérieur).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Highlights, September-November 2000, p. 27, no. 32 (illustrated in color; titled Deux femmes dans un intérieur).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition d'art francais contemporain, November-December 1938, p. 39, no. 66 (titled Deux femmes dans un intérieur).
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The 1939 International Exhibition of Paintings, October-December 1939, no. 203 (titled Two Figures and Flowers).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of French Art Lent by The Louvre, Museums and Collectors of France, April-May 1941, no. 2.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Collectors, September-October 1963 (titled Two Women).
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1975-1995 (on extended loan).
Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; Nagasaki, Huis ten Bosch Museum of Art; Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art and Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, The Exhibition from Swiss Private Collections, May-November 1996, p. 62, no. 23 (illustrated in color, p. 63).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Joie de vivre, June-September 1997, p. 75, no. 46 (illustrated in color, p. 57; titled Les deux femmes dans un intérieur).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Highlights, September-November 2000, p. 27, no. 32 (illustrated in color; titled Deux femmes dans un intérieur).
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