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Henri Matisse

Odalisque, Half-Length--The Tattoo, 1923

East Building, Ground Level — Gallery 103-E

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 35.6 x 24.4 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)

framed: 57.1 x 46.3 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.40

Artists / Makers

Henri Matisse (artist) French, 1869 - 1954

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Inscription

lower right: Henri-Matisse

Provenance

Georges Bernheim, in 1923. (Jos Hessel, Paris); Georges Bénard, Paris. (Elzevir Trading) sold 14 October 1927 to (Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris); sold 1 December 1927 to (Gérard Frères).[1] Jean Laroche, [1866-1935] Villa Sauge Pourprée, Deauville; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 December 1928, no. 61); purchased by (Etienne Bignou, Paris) for Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[2] bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] See Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Henri Matisse Chez Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1995, volume 2, no. 563.

[2] Letter from Bignou to Kraushaar, dated 11 December 1928, lists the three paintings he bought for Chester Dale at the Laroche sale (Kraushaar Gallery Records, Archives of American Art, Box 12, Folder 34, Incoming Correspondence; copy in NGA curatorial files). A photograph of the picture is included in the Bignou albums at the documentation center of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris (copy in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Bernheim-Jeune
Bignou, Etienne
Bénard, Georges
Dale, Chester
Drouot, Hôtel
Elzevir Trading
Galerie Georges Bernheim
Gérard Frères
Hessel, Jos
Laroche, Jean

Exhibition History

1931: Henri Matisse, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1931, no. 94, as Femme Mauresque.

1943: Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered cat., repro., as Moorish Woman.

1963: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC., 1965, Unnumbered Check List.

1986: Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986-7, no. 112, repro.

Bibliography

1929: Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 74, repro., as Le Tatouage, Femme Mauresque.

1943: Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943:, unpaginated, repro., as Moorish Woman.

1965: Frankfurter, Alfred. "How Great is the Dale Collection?" Art News 64 (May 1965):40-43, 51-53, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 87, as Moorish Woman.

1965: Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 48, repro., as Moorish Woman.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 77, repro., as Moorish Woman.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 226, repro., as Moorish Woman.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 259, repro., as Moorish Woman.

1995: Dauberville, Guy-Patrice and Michel. Henri Matisse Chez Bernheim-Jeune. 2 vols. Paris, 1995:II:no. 563.