Postcard with a sketch of "The Painter's Family", 1911

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink on a postcard

Dimensions

overall: 9 x 14 cm (3 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1995.47.59

Artists / Makers

Henri Matisse (artist) French, 1869 - 1954

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Inscription

upper left in pen and brown ink: Il est en bonne voie mais / comme il n'est pas terminé / ca ne veut rien dire- Ça / n'est pas logique que je / ne suis pas certain de le / réussir- Ce tout ou rien / est bien fatiguant.; lower right in pen and brown ink: Monsieur / Michel Stein / 3663 Clay Street / San Francisco / California

Provenance

Michael and Sarah Stein, Paris and San Francisco; John W. Dodds, Stanford, CA; (sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21 October 1976, no. 162, not sold); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1999: An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2011: The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Réunion des Musées Nationaux and Galeries nationales du Grand Palais; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2011 - 2012, no catalogue number (shown only in San Francisco and New York).

2016: In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1951: Barr, Jr., Alfred H., Matisse, his art and his public. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1951, 152-153, repro.

1969: Russell, John. The World of Matisse, 1869-1954. Alexandria, VA, 1969, 73 (repr).

1969: Russell, John. The World of Matisse, 1869-1954. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1969: 73 (repro.).

1970: Golson, Lucile M. "The Michael Steins of San Francisco: Art Patrons and Collectors," in Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1970: 48, under note 19.

1992: Elderfield, John. Henri Matisse: A Retrospective. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1992: 183.

1993: Kostenevich, Albert and Natalia Semionova. Matisse et La Russie. Paris, 1993: 123 (repr).