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RISDM 22-296.tif
RISDM 22-296.tif
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Henri Matisse

Four Studies of a Nude

Description

Maker

Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)

Title

Four Studies of a Nude

Year

ca. 1910

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

null

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in LR:Henri Matisse

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

22.296

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh
Gifts from Eliza Greene Radeke and Helen Metcalf Danforth
Jun 05, 2008 – Oct 26, 2008

Label copy

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.

European and American Watercolors and Drawings from the Permanent Collection
Feb 26, 1947 – Mar 10, 1947

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Tombstone

Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Four Studies of a Nude, ca. 1910
Graphite on wove paper
34.7 x 21.6 cm (13 11/16 x 8 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 22.296

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