We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
Henri Matisse
Nov 3–Dec 6, 1931
Henri Matisse
Nov 13, 1951–Jan 13, 1952
Paintings from Private Collections
May 31–Sep 7, 1955
1 other work identified
Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
1 other work identified
The School of Paris: Paintings from the Florence May Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx Collection
Nov 2, 1965–Jan 2, 1966
2 other works identified
Permanent Collection
Mar 29, 1972–Apr 21, 1980
2 other works identified
Matisse in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
Oct 25, 1978–Jan 30, 1979
1 other work identified
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
6 other works identified
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
2 other works identified
Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings
Jun 20–Sep 4, 1990
Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings
Jun 20–Sep 4, 1990
Henri Matisse: A Retrospective
Sep 24, 1992–Jan 19, 1993
MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People, Composing with the Figure
Oct 7, 1999–Feb 1, 2000
3 other works identified
MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People, Composing with the Figure
Oct 7, 1999–Feb 1, 2000
1 other work identified
Matisse Picasso
Feb 13–May 19, 2003
2 other works identified
Matisse Picasso
Feb 13–May 19, 2003
2 other works identified
Painting &
Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
7 other works identified
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917
Jul 18–Oct 11, 2010
1 other work identified
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917
Jul 18–Oct 11, 2010
1 other work identified
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917
Jul 18–Oct 11, 2010
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917
Jul 18–Oct 11, 2010
1 other work identified
506: Henri Matisse
Ongoing
10 other works identified
506: Henri Matisse
Ongoing
4 other works identified
506: Henri Matisse
Ongoing
3 other works identified
506: Henri Matisse
Ongoing
8 other works identified
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1916 Leo Stein (as of 1916, per Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Henri Matisse chez Bernheim-Jeune, Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1995, vol. 1, no. 167)
1917 Léonce Rosenberg, Paris (per Christian Zervos, Histoire de l’art contemporain, Paris: Cahiers d’art, 1938, p. 165)
1918 Henri Matisse, Nice and Paris (per ibid.)
1952 Florene and Samuel A. Marx, Chicago (purchased from the artist)
1952 Promised gift to The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Marx)
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