Henri Matisse Bather Cavalière, summer 1909
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 1/2 x 29 1/8" (92.7 x 74 cm)
- Credit
- Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
- Object number
- 17.1936
- Copyright
- © 2025 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Henri Matisse has 430 works online.
- There are 2,455 paintings online.
Installation views
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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jun 20, 1945–Feb 13, 1946
1 other work identified
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955
1 other work identified
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Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
1 other work identified
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Matisse in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
Oct 25, 1978–Jan 30, 1979
1 other work identified
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Masterpieces from the Collection
Mar 2, 1982–Mar 1, 1983
1 other work identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
3 other works identified
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MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People, Composing the Figure
Oct 7, 1999–Feb 1, 2000
1 other work identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
4 other works identified
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Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917
Jul 18–Oct 11, 2010
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Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917
Jul 18–Oct 11, 2010
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Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917
Jul 18–Oct 11, 2010
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Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 4, 2020
17 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 4, 2020
7 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 4, 2020
7 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 4, 2020
10 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 4, 2020
10 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 4, 2020
7 other works identified
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1909, Henri Matisse
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Georges Bénard (Bénard Frères et Cie), Paris
June 9, 1933 – 1935, Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris and New York, purchased through Hôtel Drouot, Paris, at the auction Tableaux modernes, aquarelles, gouaches, pastels. Collection G.B. … première vente aux enchères publiques après liquidation judiciaire Bénard Frères et Cie, en vertu de l’ordonnance de Monsieur le Juge Commissaire et à la requete de Me Mauger, Liquidateur Judiciaire, June 9, 1933 (cat. no. 63)
1936, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchased from Galerie Étienne Bignou by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
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