Inscription: Signed (lower left, in graphite): Henri-Matisse
the artist (until 1908 or 1910; possibly on consignment with Paul Cassirer, Berlin; shipped through Edward Steichen in 1908 or 1910 to Stieglitz); Alfred Stieglitz, New York (1908 or 1910–d. 1946; his estate, 1946–49; gift to MMA)
Berlin. Secession. "XIV. Ausstellung, Zeichnende Künste," December 1907, nos. 254–61 [possibly 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) [possibly this work].
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).
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "History of an American, Alfred Stieglitz: '291' and After, Selections from the Stieglitz Collection," July 1–November 1, 1944, no. 52 (as "Man Reclining").
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Alfred Stieglitz Exhibition: His Collection," June 10–August 31, 1947, no catalogue (checklist no. 70; as "Nude") [probably this work].
Art Institute of Chicago. "Alfred Stieglitz: His Photographs and His Collection," February 2–29, 1948, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings from the Alfred Stieglitz Collection," September 9–November 12, 1967, no catalogue.
Paris. Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre. "Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York de David à Picasso," October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974, no. 60 (as "Homme nu allongé").
Paris. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou. "Henri Matisse: Dessins et sculpture," May 29–September 7, 1975, no. 34.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "Henri Matisse: Dessins et sculpture/ Tekeningen en sculpturen," September 27–October 26, 1975.
London. Hayward Gallery. "The Sculpture and Drawings of Henri Matisse," October 4, 1984–January 6, 1985, no. 20.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "The Drawings of Henri Matisse," February 28–May 14, 1985, no. 20.
Saarland Museum Saarbrücken. "Henri Matise: Zeichnungen und Skulpturen," May 12–July 7, 1991, not in catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Sculptors' Drawings: 1900–1935," November 10, 1994–March 26, 1995, no catalogue.
Melbourne. National Gallery of Victoria. "Matisse," July 19–September 3, 1995, no. 54.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Florene M. Schoenborn Bequest: 12 Artists of the School of Paris," February 11–May 4, 1997, extended to August 31, 1997, not in brochure [among 14 non-Schoenborn bequest works included in the exhibition].
L'Annonciade, Musée de Saint-Tropez. "Henri Matisse: Émerveillement pour le Sud," July 10–October 11, 2004, no. 35.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe," October 13, 2011–January 2, 2012, no. 11.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Nudes: Drawings by Sculptors," October 20, 2014–January 25, 2015, no catalogue.
Kunsthalle Mannheim. "Inspiration Matisse," September 27, 2019–January 19, 2020, no. 38 (as "Homme nu couché [Liegender männlicher Akt]").
"Henri Matisse at the Little Galleries." Camera Work no. 23 (July 1908), p. 11.
[James Huneker]. "Around the Galleries." Sun (April 10, 1908), p. 6, generally discusses works in Exh. New York 1908.
Alfred Stieglitz, ed. "Photo-Secession Notes." Camera Work no. 30 (April 1910), pp. 47–53.
Frank Jewett Mather. "Review of 'Exhibition of Drawings, and Photographs of Paintings by Henri Matisse'." New York Evening Post (March 1910).
Alfred Stieglitz, ed. "Plates: From the Drawings Exhibited at the Matisse Exhibition, Photo-Secession Gallery, March 1910." Camera Work no. 32 (October 1910), p. 31, pl. 2.
[James Huneker]. "Seen in the World of Art." 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.
George Heard Hamilton. "The Alfred Stieglitz Collection." Metropolitan Museum Journal 3 (1970), p. 379.
Stephen Longstreet. The Drawings of Matisse. Alhambra, Calif., 1973, ill. n. p.
Donald E. Gordon. Modern Art Exhibitions, 1900–1916: Selected Catalogue Documentation. Vol. 2, Munich, 1974, p. 235.
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine and Claude Laugier inHenri Matisse 1904–1917. Exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris, 1993, p. 93, ill.
John H. Cauman. "Matisse and America, 1905–1933." PhD diss., City University of New York, 2000, vol. 1, p. 117 n. 46, fig. 1.45.
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. 37–38, 245, no. 11, ill. (color).
Roberta J. M. Olson inThe Armory Show at 100: Modernism and Revolution. Ed. Marilyn Satin Kushner and Kimberly Orcutt. Exh. cat., New-York Historical Society Museum & Library. New York and London, 2013, p. 492 n. 41.
Henri Matisse (French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869–1954 Nice)
1912
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