About the Artwork
Seated Nude
1909
Henri Matisse (Artist) French, 1869-1954 C. Valsuani (Foundry) Paris
Bronze
Overall: 11 1/2 × 6 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (29.2 × 15.6 × 21.6 cm)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill
70.206
Restricted
Markings
Signed on back of rock: HM.
5/10.
Cire/ C. Valsuani/ Perdu (stamped on back of rock). On base at back: A. Bingen Costenoble.
Provenance
1951-55, Curt Valentin Gallery, (New York, New York, USA);Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA);
1970-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Sculpture by Painters. Exh. cat., Curat Valentin Gallery. New York, 1951, cat. no. 45.
The Sculpture of Henri Matisse. Exh. cat., Curt Valentin Gallery. New York, 1953, cat. no. 6, (ill.).
Closing Exhibition, Sculpture Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Curt Valentin Gallery. New York, 1955, cat. no. 133.
The Robert Hudson Tannahill Bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1970, pp. 124, 129, 138 (ill.).
Dutuit, Claude, Wanda de Guebriant, and Yves-Alain Bois. Henry Matisse, Catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre Sculpte. 1997, p. 125, cat. no. 45, (ill.); pp. 322, 342, 357.
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Henri Matisse; C. Valsuani, Seated Nude, 1909, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.206.
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