The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 20, 2021

Seated Woman

c. 1919

Henri Matisse

(French, 1869-1954)

France, 20th century

Graphite

Support: Cream(3) wove paper

Sheet: 36.6 x 26.8 cm (14 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1951.482

© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower right, in graphite: Henri - Matisse ; VERSO, lower right, in graphite: [26 ?] x 39

Provenance
[Bernheim Jeune & Co., Paris] (according to Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Matisse, vol. 2 (Paris, 1995), cat. no. 288). [C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries]
Exhibition history

CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).

CMA, National Schools of Style (June 14-Sep. 18, 1983).

CMA, 17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings (May 31-Aug. 19, 1979).

CMA, Aspects of Drawing (Jan. 10-Apr. 2, 1961).

CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director's Corridor in Old Building" (closed Mar. 13, 1957).

CMA, "French Drawings, Gallery XVI" (Mar. 2-June 15, 1955).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (June 15-Aug. 10, 1954).

CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery XVI" (Apr. 30-June 16, 1954).

CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (Nov. 22, 1953-Apr. 25, 1954).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Aug. 5-Sep. 28, 1953).

CMA, "Recent Accessions Tea" (Mar. 30, 1952) (an Aug. 11, 1952 memo from exh. file states that this drawing has "been removed from the Recent Accessions Gallery to storage").

CMA, Exhibition of Work by Henri Matisse (Jan. 30-Mar. 16, 1952).

CMA (organizer). Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"

Aspects of Drawing. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 10-April 2, 1961).

National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1951.482