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Study for “Prose for des Esseintes” - Image 1
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Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé

Study for “Prose for des Esseintes”

1930-1931

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Study for “Prose for des Esseintes”

1930-1931

Physical Qualities Graphite with erasing on paper (recto); graphite (verso), Sheet: 331 x 251 mm. (13 1/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.726
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest of Etta Cone, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, MD by purchase, 1931-33; the artist
Kim Schenck, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Matisse: Drawing Defined', Aug. 21-Nov. 10, 2002.

BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.

Inscribed: lower right in pgraphite: "pour des Esseintes / Henri Matisse / I"

Markings: Watermark: ARCHES Chopmark: MALLARME ET MATISSE

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