Head of Jeannette I
Date
(1910/cast 1953)
Artist
Henri Matisse, French, b. Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869–1954
Provenance
The Artist
Mr. and Mrs. Theodor Ahrenberg, Stockholm
Sotheby's, London, Sale, 7 July 1960, no. 31, ill.
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, to 29 August 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 29 August 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
MAISON DE LE PENSEE FRANCAISE, Paris. "Henri Matisse: Chapell, Peinture, Dessins, Sculpture," 5 July-24 September 1950, no. 64.
NATIONALMUSEUM, Stockholm. "Henri Matisse," Apollon, no. 2. TOUR: TAIDEHALLI, Helsinki, 10 December 1957-6 January 1958, no. 157.
KUNSTHAUS, Zurich. "Henri Matisse: das plastische werk," 14 July-12 August 1959, no. 43, ill.
KONSTHALLEN, Gothenburg, Sweden. "Henri Matisse ur Theodor Ahrenbergs Samling," 16 March-10 April 1960, no. 192.
ART GALLERIES, University of California at Los Angeles. "Henri Matisse," 5 January-27 February 1966, no. 116, ill. p. 132. TOUR: ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 11 March-24 April; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 11 May-26 June.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART. "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor," 21 January-29 April 2007, no. 81, ill. p. 273. TOUR: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 9 June-16 September; BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, 28 October-3 February 2008. [Baltimore only]
STAATSGALERIE STUTTGART. "Matisse: People, Masks, Models," 27 September 2008-11 January 2009, no. 17, ill. p. 117; pp. 18, 205, 216. TOUR: BUCERIUS KUNST FORM, Hamburg, 31 January-19 April.
Published References
VIETTA, EGON. "Ausstellung im Sudwestraum," Das Kunstwerk, 13/2/3 (August-September 1959), p. 69.
T.K. "Matisse scultore al Kunsthaus," Emporium 130 (Zurich: October 1959), p. 176.
READ, HERBERT. "The Sculpture of Matisse," Henri Matisse (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1966), p. 23 (gen. ref. to all heads, p. 24).
SELDIS, HENRY J. "The Magic of Matisse," Apollo 83/50 (April 1966), p. 252.
READ, HERBERT. Art and Alienation, the Role of the Artist in Society (New York: Viking, 1967), p. 119, ill. 32.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 721, ill. 201.
LYNES, RUSSELL. "Modern Art Arrives on the Mall in a New Museum and Sculpture Garden," Smithsonian 5/9 (December 1974), colorpl. p. 41 (gen ref. p. 43).
TUCKER, WILLIAM. Early Modern Sculpture (New York: Oxford University Press, 1974), ill. p. 87 (gen. discussion of series pp. 94-98).
HUDSON, ANDREW. "Washington Letter," Art International 19/6 (15 June 1975), p. 100.
HUNTER, SAM and JOHN JACOBUS. Modern Art: Painting/ Sculpture/ Architecture, second edition (New York: Abrams, 1985), fig. 110, ill. pp. 72-73.
DUTHUIT, CLAUDE. "Henri Matisse" catalogue raisonne of sculpture (Paris: 1997), no. 50, cast 7, p. 138.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 19, p. 46.
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On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
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
66.3465
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
20 9/16 × 8 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (52.2 × 22.6 × 26.1 cm)
