Seated Nude: Olga
Date
(1910, cast c. 1947-1955)
Artist
Henri Matisse, French, b. Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869–1954
Provenance
Berggruen & Cie, Paris
Contemporary Art Establishment, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Hanover Gallery, London, to 9 July 1958
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 9 July 1958-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
HANOVER GALLERY, London. "Giacometti, Marini, Matisse, Moore," 24 June-13 September 1958, no. 32, ill.
ART GALLERY OF TORONTO. 1 October-14 November 1958.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 159, ill. p 74. TOUR: MILWAUKEE ART CENTER, 10 September-11 October; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 25 October-6 December; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 20 December-31 January 1960; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 1-27 March; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY, SCIENCE AND ART, 11 April-15 May; M. H. DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM, San Francisco, 29 May-10 July; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 24 July-4 September; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 30 September-31 October.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 296, ill. p. 81.
HOPKINS CENTER ART GALLERIES, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, New Hampshire. "Sculpture in Our Century: Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 25 May-9 July 1967, no. 37, ill. p. 29.
HAKONE OPEN-AIR MUSEUM, Hakone, Japan (organizer). "Sculpture by Master Painters," no. 23. TOUR: UENO ROYAL MUSEUM, Tokyo, 20 April-29 May 1979; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART, Osaka, 25 May-24 June; HAKONE OPEN-AIR MUSEUM, Hakone, 30 June-29 July; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Kamakura, 11 August-September; HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART, 29 September-21 October.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Tokyo. "Matisse," 20 March-17 May 1981, no. 100, ill. p. 131, p. 223. TOUR: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Kyoto, 26 May-19 July 1981.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Henri Matisse: A Retrospective," 16 September 1992-19 January 1993, no. 140, ill. p. 214.
TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM, Taiwan. "The Human figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum," 25 March-28 May 1995, ill. pp. 72-73.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SHIGA, Otsu, Japan. "The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum," 1 July-6 August 1995, no. 24, ill. p. 72. TOUR: ODAKYU MUSEUM, Tokyo, 9-27 August; IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, 23 September-5 November; TAKAMATSU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 November-10 December.
Published References
RUDIKOFF, SONYA. "New York Letter," Art International 6 (November 1962), p. 62.
READ, HERBERT. A Concise History of Modern Sculpture (New York: Praeger, 1964), p. 38, ill. 29.
CLAPP, JANE. Sculpture Index, vol. I (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1970), p. 603.
ELSEN, ALBERT E. The Sculpture of Henri Matisse (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1972), ill. 123.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), fig. 206, p. 721.
MONOD-FONTAINE, ISABELLE. The Sculpture of Henri Matisse (London: Arts Council of Great Britain and Thames and Hudson, 1984), p. 147.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.3455
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
16 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 13 1/8in., 37lb. (42.5 x 24.8 x 33.3cm, 16.8kg)
