Odalisque, Half-Length--The Tattoo
1923
Artist, French, 1869 - 1954
East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-E
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 35.6 x 24.4 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)
framed: 57.1 x 46.3 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.40
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georges Bernheim, in 1923. (Jos Hessel, Paris); Georges Bénard, Paris. (Elzevir Trading) sold 14 October 1927 to (Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris); sold 1 December 1927 to (Gérard Frères).[1] Jean Laroche, [1866-1935] Villa Sauge Pourprée, Deauville; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 December 1928, no. 61); purchased by (Etienne Bignou, Paris) for Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[2] bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] See Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Henri Matisse Chez Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1995, volume 2, no. 563.
[2] Letter from Bignou to Kraushaar, dated 11 December 1928, lists the three paintings he bought for Chester Dale at the Laroche sale (Kraushaar Gallery Records, Archives of American Art, Box 12, Folder 34, Incoming Correspondence; copy in NGA curatorial files). A photograph of the picture is included in the Bignou albums at the documentation center of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris (copy in NGA curatorial files).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Henri Matisse, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1931, no. 94, as Femme Mauresque.
1943
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered cat., repro., as Moorish Woman.
1963
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC., 1965, Unnumbered Check List.
1986
Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986-7, no. 112, repro.
Bibliography
1929
Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 74, repro., as Le Tatouage, Femme Mauresque.
1943
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943:, unpaginated, repro., as Moorish Woman.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 48, repro., as Moorish Woman.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 87, as Moorish Woman.
Frankfurter, Alfred. "How Great is the Dale Collection?" Art News 64 (May 1965):40-43, 51-53, repro.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 77, repro., as Moorish Woman.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 226, repro., as Moorish Woman.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 259, repro., as Moorish Woman.
1995
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice and Michel. Henri Matisse Chez Bernheim-Jeune. 2 vols. Paris, 1995:II:no. 563.
Inscriptions
lower right: Henri-Matisse
Wikidata ID
Q20192461