Head of Jeannette IV
Date
1911/cast 1954
Artist
Henri Matisse, French, b. Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869–1954
Provenance
The artist
Mr. and Mrs. Theodor Ahrenberg, Stockholm, by September 1957 to 7 July 1960
Sotheby’s, London, sale, 7 July 1960, lot 33, ill. (as cast no. 5)
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, to 8 April 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 8 April 1964 to 17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART. "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor," 21 January-29 April 2007, no. 87, ill. p. 274. 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. 20, ill. p. 119; pp. 18, 205, 216. TOUR: BUCERIUS KUNST FORM, Hamburg, 31 January-19 April.
Published References
VIETTA, EGON. "Ausstellung im Sudwestraum," Das Kunstwerk 19 (August - September 1959), p. 69 (gen.).
T. K. "Matisse scultore al Kunsthaus," Emporium (Zurich) 130 (October 1959), p. 176.
ESTEROW, MILTON. "1,000 Inspect Huge Hirshhorn Art Collection at Greenwich Benefit," New York Times (15 September 1965), ill., pg. 49.
SELDIS, HENRY J. "The Magic of Matisse," Apollo 73 (April 1966), p. 252.
READ, HERBERT. Art and Alienation, the Role of the Artist in Society (New York: Viking, 1967), p. 119, ill. 34.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), fig. 204, p. 157, p. 721.
LYNES, RUSSELL. "Modern art arrives on the Mall in a new museum and sculpture garden," Smithsonian Magazine 5 (December 1974), colorplate p. 41.
TUCKER, WILLIAM. Early Modern Sculpture (New York: Oxford University Press, 1974), ill. 90.
HUDSON, ANDREW. "Washington Letter," Art International 19 (15 June 1975), p. 100.
DUTHUIT, CLAUDE. Henri Matisse (Paris, 1997), no. 52, cast 9, ill.
WESTHEIDER, ORTRUD, et al. Matisse: People, Masks, Models (Art Stock Books Limited, 2008), fig. 20, p. 119, p. 18, p. 205, p. 216.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 22, p. 47.
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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
66.3468
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
24 1/8 x 8 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (61.2 x 22.5 x 28.1 cm)
