Model Standing in the Artist's Studio

Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): H. Matisse 48

[Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, until 1955; Valentin's gift in April 1955 to the Art Institute of Chicago]; Art Institute of Chicago (1955–74; sold on October 29, 1974 to Feigen); [Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York, 1974; sold in December 1974 to Hahn]; [Stephen Hahn, New York, from 1974; sold to Berggruen]; [Galerie Berggruen et Cie, Paris, until 1980; sold in 1980 to Beyeler]; [Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1980; sold in 1980 to Issert]; [Galerie Issert, Saint Paul de Vence, from 1980]; [Galerie Berggruen et Cie, Paris; sold to Gaines]; John R. Gaines, Lexington, Ky. (until 1981); Fondation Capa, Geneva (1981);[Galerie Herbage, Cannes, in 1981; on consignment July–October 1981 to Waddington Galleries, London, returned by Waddington to Herbage]; [E. V. Thaw & Co., Inc., New York, 1983; sold in June 1983 to Gelman]; Jacques and Natasha Gelman, Mexico City and New York (1983–his d. 1986); Natasha Gelman, Mexico City and New York (1986–d. 1998; her bequest to MMA)

Paris. Musée National d'Art Moderne. "Henri Matisse: Oeuvres récentes, 1947–1948," June–September 1949, no. 16 (as "Intérieur d'atelier avec nu debout") [probably this work].

Basel. Galerie Beyeler. "Matisse: Huiles, gouaches découpées, dessins, sculptures," June–September 1980, no. 45 (as "Modèle dans l'atelier").

Cannes. Galerie Herbage. "Henri Matisse: Dessins, Lithographies, Sculptures, Collage, 1906–1952," March 31–June 27, 1981, no. 27 (as "Modèle dans l'atelier," lent by the Fondation Capa, Geneva).

London. Hayward Gallery. "The Sculpture and Drawings of Henri Matisse," October 4, 1984–January 6, 1985, no. 140 (as "Model in the Studio," lent by a private collection).

Museum of Modern Art, New York. "The Drawings of Henri Matisse," February 28–May 14, 1985, no. 140.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Twentieth-Century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection," December 12, 1989–April 1, 1990, unnumbered cat. (p. 247).

London. Royal Academy of Arts. "Twentieth-Century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection," April 19–July 15, 1990, unnumbered cat.

Martigny. Fondation Pierre Gianadda. "De Matisse à Picasso: Collection Jacques et Natasha Gelman," June 18–November 1, 1994, unnumbered cat. (p. 271).

John Jacobus. Henri Matisse. New York, [1973], fig. 101, calls it "Studio with Model" and locates it in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Magdalena Dabrowski in John Elderfield. The Drawings of Henri Matisse. Exh. cat., Hayward Gallery. London, 1984, p. 279, no. 140, ill. p. 236.

Sabine Rewald in Twentieth-Century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection. Ed. William S. Lieberman. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1989, pp. 246–47, 305, ill. (color and bw).

William S. Lieberman in Twentieth-Century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection. Ed. William S. Lieberman. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1989, p. 2.