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Henri Matisse

Four Studies of a Nude, ca. 1910

Description

Maker

Henri Matisse, 1869-1954, French, designer

Title

Four Studies of a Nude

Year

ca. 1910

Medium

Graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

34.7 x 21.6 cm (13 11/16 x 8 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in LR:Henri Matisse

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

22.296

Projects & Publications

Publications

From Dürer to Van Gogh

Gifts from Eliza Greene Radeke and Helen Metcalf Danforth

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Selection V

French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910

Exhibition History

This rapid sketch from life is not directly connected to a particular painting or sculpture, but is rather a preliminary investigation of pose that Matisse might have returned to later. The drawing hung in the historic 1913 Armory Show in New York, the exhibition largely credited with invigorating interest in French art and Modernism in the United States. Mrs. Eliza Radeke purchased this sheet directly from the exhibition. In this, she showed a great willingness to embrace modern art as well as a continued attention to figure studies as appropriate to the educational mission of the RISD Museum.

Selection V

April 29 - May 25, 1975

European and American Watercolors and Drawings from the Permanent Collection

February 26 - March 10, 1947

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