Henri Matisse
Study for “The Yellow Dress”
1928-1930
Scroll
Henri Matisse
Study for “The Yellow Dress”
1928-1930
Physical Qualities
Graphite on paper, Sheet: 255 × 330 mm. (10 1/16 × 13 in.)
Mat: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Marguerite Matisse Duthuit Collection
Object Number
2009.12
After completing the “almost photographic” initial study, Matisse executed a series of rapid pencil sketches on bound notepads. In these fluid, spontaneous drawings, he let his hand “go to work,” exploring the presentation of the sitter in various poses and compositional formats in a manner that he would later refer to as “unconscious drawing,” where his attention was focused squarely on the model and not the paper itself.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Claude Duthuit, France
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Cone Wing rotation, 28 September 2009 - 29 March 2010.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Matisse Prints and Drawings," December 9, 2015 - July 10 2016.
Katy Rothkopf and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Modern Influence: Henry Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore," October 3, 2021 - January 2, 2022.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Matisse Prints and Drawings," December 9, 2015 - July 10 2016.
Katy Rothkopf and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Modern Influence: Henry Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore," October 3, 2021 - January 2, 2022.
Bois, Yve-Alain, ed. Matisse in the Barnes Foundation, vol. 1. Philadelphia: Barnes Foundation, 2015, p. 113, fig. 22.
Rothkopf, Katherine, and Leslie Cozzi, eds. A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021, plate no. 45, page 138.
