Head of Jeannette V
Date
(1913/cast 1954)
Artist
Henri Matisse, French, b. Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869–1954
Provenance
Estate of the Artist (via Galerie d'Art Moderne, Basel), to 10 June 1968
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 10 June 1968-6 March 1972
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1972
Exhibition History
MAISON DE LA PENSEE FRANCAISE, Paris. "Henri Matisse," 5 July-24 September 1950, no. 68.
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. 89, 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. 21, ill. p. 119; pp. 18, 205, 217. TOUR: BUCERIUS KUNST FORM, Hamburg, 31 January-19 April.
Published References
FORGEY, BENJAMIN. "New Hirshhorn Donation: A Bonanza for Smithsonian," Evening Star (Washington, DC: 10 March 1972), p. E-12.
ELSEN, ALBERT E. Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises (New York: Braziller, 1974), pp. 44, 142, ill. 60.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 721, ill. 205.
LYNES, RUSSELL. "Modern Art Arrives on the Mall in a New Museum and Sculpture Garden," Smithsonian 5/9 (December 1974), colorpl. p. 41, p. 43 (gen).
HUDSON, ANDREW. "Washington Letter," Art International 19/6 (15 June 1975), p. 100.
SELZ, PETER. Art in Our Times: A Pictorial History 1890-1980 (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981), no. 439, ill. p. 182.
HUNTER, SAM and JOHN JACOBUS. Modern Art: Painting/Sculpture/Architecture, second edition (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985), no. 111, ill. p. 73.
KOSCEVIC, ZELIMIR. Kozaric (Zagreb, Croatia: Naprijed, 1996), ill. p. 17.
DUTHUIT, CLAUDE. "Henri Matisse" catalogue raisonne of sculpture (Paris: 1997), no. 55, cast no. 2. Gives new date of 1911, casting date of 1954.
WESTHEIDER, ORTRUD, et al. Matisse: People, Masks, Models (Art Stock Books Limited, 2008), fig. 21, p. 119, p. 18, p. 205, p. 217.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 23, 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 the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1972
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
72.195
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
22 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (57.7 x 20.8 x 29.5 cm)
