Inscription: Signed (lower right, in black ink): Henri Matisse
the artist (until 1908; possibly on consignment with Paul Cassirer, Berlin; shipped through Edward Steichen to Stieglitz); Alfred Stieglitz, New York (1908–d. 1946; his estate, 1946–49; gift to MMA)
Berlin. Secession. "XIV. Ausstellung, Zeichnende Künste," December 1907, nos. 254–61 [probably one of eight untitled drawings].
New York. 291. "An Exhibition of Drawings, Lithographs, Watercolors, and Etchings by M. Henri Matisse, of Paris," April 6–27, 1908, no catalogue (works selected by Edward Steichen).
New York. 291. "Exhibition of Drawings and Photographs of Paintings by Henri Matisse," February 23–March 8, 1910, no catalogue.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters," April 17–May 9, 1920 (one of seven untitled drawings lent by Stieglitz, either no. 153, 154, 155, 158, or 159).
New York. An American Place. "Beginnings and Landmarks: "291," 1905–1917," October 27–December 27, 1937, no. 33 (as "Pen and Ink Drawing," 1907).
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "History of an American, Alfred Stieglitz: '291' and After, Selections from the Stieglitz Collection," July 1–November 1, 1944, no. 57 (as "Nude, Semi-Abstract," 1912).
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Alfred Stieglitz Exhibition: His Collection," June 10–August 31, 1947, no catalogue (checklist no. 73; as "Nude, Semi-Abstract", 1912).
Art Institute of Chicago. "Alfred Stieglitz: His Photographs and His Collection," February 2–29, 1948, no catalogue.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "From the Alfred Stieglitz Collection: An Extended Loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 22–August 12, 1951, no catalogue (checklist no. E.L. 51.682; as "Seated Nude," ca. 1905; loan extended to June 9, 1958).
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Henri Matisse," November 13, 1951–January 13, 1952, no. 106 (as "Seated Nude," ca. 1905).
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Henri Matisse," February 5–March 16, 1952, no. 106.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Henri Matisse," April 1–May 4, 1952, no. 106.
San Francisco Museum of Art. "Henri Matisse," May 22–July 6, 1952, no. 106.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Les fauves," October 8, 1952–January 4, 1953, not in catalogue.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "Les fauves," January 21–February 22, 1953, not in catalogue.
San Francisco Museum of Art. "Les fauves," March 13–April 12, 1953, not in catalogue.
Art Gallery of Toronto. "Les fauves," May 1–31, 1953, not in catalogue.
Rochester, N. Y. George Eastman House. "Photo-Secession: Photography as a Fine Art," October 15, 1960–January 15, 1961, not in catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings from the Alfred Stieglitz Collection," September 9–November 12, 1967, no catalogue.
London. Hayward Gallery. "The Sculpture and Drawings of Henri Matisse," October 4, 1984–January 6, 1985, no. 8 (as "Nude, Semi-Abstract").
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "The Drawings of Henri Matisse," February 28–May 14, 1985, no. 8.
Saarland Museum Saarbrücken. "Henri Matisse: Zeichnungen und Skulpturen," May 12–July 7, 1991, not in catalogue.
Melbourne. National Gallery of Victoria. "Matisse," July 19–September 3, 1995, no. 17.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Small Bronzes," September 5, 2003–March 14, 2004, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe," October 13, 2011–January 2, 2012, no. 6.
[Elisabeth Luther Cary]. "Gallery Notes." New York Times (April 14, 1908), p. 8, generally discusses drawings in Exh. New York 1908.
[James Huneker]. "Around the Galleries." Sun (April 10, 1908), p. 6, generally discusses works in Exh. New York 1908.
"Seen in the World of Art: An Instructive Exhibition of Matisse Drawings." Sun (February 27, 1910), section 3, p. 4, generally discusses works in Exh. New York 1910.
Florence N. Levy. "Modern Masters at the Pennsylvania Academy." International Studio 71 (August 1920), p. XXXIII.
Alfred H. Barr Jr. Matisse: His Art and His Public. New York, 1951, pp. 97–98, ill. p. 50, as "Nude Seated on Floor, Leaning on One Hand," before 1910.
Jean Selz. Matisse. New York, [1964], ill. p. 6 (color), as "Nude Leaning on Her Hand".
Stephen Longstreet. The Drawings of Matisse. Alhambra, Calif., 1973, ill. n. p., as "Nude Semi-Abstract".
Dominique Fourcade and Isabelle Monod-Fontaine. Henri Matisse: Dessins et sculpture. Exh. cat., Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne. Paris, 1975, p. 64, under no. 10, as "Nu appuyé sur la main".
Magdalena Dabrowski in John Elderfield. The Drawings of Henri Matisse. Exh. cat., Hayward Gallery. London, 1984, p. 253, no. 8, ill. p. 143.
John H. Cauman. "Matisse and America, 1905–1933." PhD diss., City University of New York, 2000, vol. 1, p. 57 n. 21, p. 118, fig. 1.28, as "Nude, Semi-Abstract".
Sabine Rewald inStieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe. Ed. Lisa Mintz Messinger. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2011, pp. 33, 243–44, no. 6, ill. (color).
Henri Matisse (French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869–1954 Nice)
1912
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