Henri Matisse Gourds Issy-les-Moulineaux, 1915-16 (dated on painting 1916)
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25 5/8 x 31 7/8" (65.1 x 80.9 cm)
- Credit
- Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
- Object number
- 109.1935
- 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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Henri Matisse
Nov 3–Dec 6, 1931
1 other work identified
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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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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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Ways of Looking
Jul 28–Nov 1, 1971
2 other works 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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Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life
May 25–Aug 26, 1997
1 other work identified
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ModernStarts: Things
Nov 18, 1999–Mar 14, 2000
1 other work identified
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ModernStarts: Things
Nov 18, 1999–Mar 14, 2000
1 other work identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
6 other works identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
8 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Herzog & de Meuron, Perception Restrained
Jun 21–Sep 25, 2006
8 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Herzog & de Meuron, Perception Restrained
Jun 21–Sep 25, 2006
8 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Herzog & de Meuron, Perception Restrained
Jun 21–Sep 25, 2006
10 other works identified
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506: Henri Matisse
Ongoing
3 other works identified
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Henri Matisse, Paris
1917 Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (purchased from the artist)
1917 Léonce Rosenberg, Paris (purchased from Bernheim-Jeune)
Paul Guillaume, Paris (as of 1926)
Léonide Massine, New York (as of 1931)
1935 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York (purchased from Léonide Massine through Marie Harriman Gallery, New York)
1935 The Museum of Modern Art, New York (acquired as gift from Abby Aldrich Rockefeller)
1947 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acquired from The Museum of Modern Art)
1952 The Museum of Modern Art, New York (repurchased from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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