Seated Nude from the Back

1913

Henri Matisse

Associated Names
Henri Matisse

Artist, French, 1869 - 1954

The image shows a line drawing of a human figure viewed from the back. The person is seated and leaning slightly forward with one hand on their knee. The figure's head is turned to the side, with minimal facial features and simple, wavy hair. The figure is not wearing clothes or any jewelry, and there are no objects shown. The background is plain, emphasizing the contour and lines of the drawing.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50 × 32.6 cm (19 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.144

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Duthuit-Matisse 1983, no. 412, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lucien Goldschmidt, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1973; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Duthuit-Matisse, Marguerite. Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé. 2 vols. Paris, 1983: no. 412, only

Inscriptions

at bottom right, in black ink: Henri Matisse / Hm / 49 / 50; on verso, in graphite: Toxx

Wikidata ID

Q76555623

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