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Materials:

bronze

Size Notes:

5

Description:

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Exhibited:

Oslo, Kunsternes Hus,Henri Matisse, 1938, no. 28; Paris, Maison de la Pense Franaise,Henri Matisse, Chapelle, Peinture, Dessins, Sculptures,1950, no. 96; Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek,Henri Matisse, Skulpturer, Malerier, Farveklip, 1953, no. 28; Zrich, Kunsthaus,Henri Matisse, das Plastische Werk, 1959, no. 32, illustrated; London, Tate Gallery,The Sculpture ofMatisse and Three Paintings with Drawings,1953, no. 29; Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Matisse, 1954, no. 28; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada,Henri Matisse, Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings,1954, no. 28; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Matisse: Sculptures, Paintings and Drawings, 1955, no. 28; Stockholm Nationalmuseum,Henri Matisse, Apollon, 1957, no. 29; Gothenburg, Konsthallen Gotaplatsen,Henri Matisse, Ur Theodor Ahrenbergs, Samling, 1960, no. 184; Lige, Muse des Beaux Arts de Lige; Helsinki, Helsingin Taidehalli,Henri Matisse, Apollon, Collection Theodor Ahrenberg, 1957-8, no. 154

Literature:

Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, London, 1954, no. 29, illustration of another cast; Albert E. Elsen,The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, New York, 1971, no. 125-126, pp. 99-100,illustration of another cast; Alicia Legg,The Sculpture of Matisse, New York, 1972, p. 21,illustration of another cast; Isabelle Monod-Fontaine,The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, New York, 1984, no. 29, p. 88,illustration of another cast, 146; Claude Duhuit and Wanda de Gubriant,Henri Matisse: l'Oeuvre sculpt, Paris, 1997, no. 37, pp. 98-99,illustration of another cast, 342, 356, 384

Provenance:

Mr. and Mrs. Theodor Ahrenberg, Stockholm (acquired in 1953); Sotheby's London, 7 July 1960, lot 23 (consigned by the above); Eric Estorick (Grosvenor Gallery), London (acquired from the above); Acquired from the abovecirca1970 by the present owner