Pot of Geraniums
1912
Artist, French, 1869 - 1954
East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-E
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on linen
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 41.3 x 33.3 cm (16 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.)
framed: 55.8 x 48.2 cm (21 15/16 x 19 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.41
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Possibly Oskar Moll [1875-1947], Breslau.[1] Mrs. Hanke, Berlin.[2] Acquired probably through (Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London) by (Kraushaar Galleries, New York);[3] sold 18 December 1925 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1]By 1914 Oskar Moll had the most important collection of Matisse in Germany; this picture however is not included on the list of his collection in Siegfried and Dorothea Salzmann, Oskar Moll Leben und Werk, Munich 1975.
[2]Mrs. Hanke according to Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial records; this information was provided to Dale by Kraushaar in a letter dated 19 February 1927 (see Kraushaar Gallery Records, Archives of American Art, Box 1, Folder 43, Outgoing correspondence). Maud Dale's 1929 book on the Dale collection, Before Manet to Modigliani, gives the name as Hauke.
[3] On 7 January 1927 Kraushaar writes to Reid & Lefevre for information on the "small Matisse that I bought from you," and shortly thereafter conveys information about this picture to Chester Dale. (See Kraushaar Gallery Records, Archives of American Art, Box 1, Folder 72, Outgoing Correspondence). Etienne Bignou was probably involved in the sale to Dale, as a photograph of the picture is included in the Bignou albums at the documentation center of the Musée d'Orsay (copy NGA curatorial files). Bignou often acted on Dale's behalf in conjunction with Reid & Lefèvre.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1928
Loan Exhibition of Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1928, no. 23
1930
"La Nature Morte" from Chardin to the Abstract. Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1930, no. 11
1931
Kunsthalle Basel, 1912, no. 28
Henri Matisse, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1931, no. 25.
1943
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered cat., repro.
1948
Matisse, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Organized in Collaboration with the Artist, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1948, unnumbered in cat.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1929
Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no.73, repro.
1931
Salles, Georges, "Henri-Matisse," in Christian Zervos, et al. Henri-Matisse. Paris and New York, 1931: 52, fig. 39.
1934
Glaser, Curt. "Henri-Matisse." Cahiers d'Art, no. 6 (1934): 52, fig. 40.
1943
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943:, unpaginated, repro.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 45, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 88.
1966
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds. A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:510, color repro.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 77, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 226, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 594, no. 917, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 260, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: Henri-Matisse
Wikidata ID
Q20191686