Henri Matisse
Autoportrait

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Artist Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)French, 1869–1954

CultureFrench

Titles

Autoportrait

Date1927

MediumPen and India ink on paper

DimensionsSheet: 8 15/16 × 6 13/16 in. (22.7 × 17.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors; and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2023.113

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist, 1927; Pierre Matisse, New York; by descent to Pierre-Noël Matisse, Paris; by descent from Pierre-Noël Matisse to an anonymous member of the Matisse family; [Christie’s, New York, Matisse on Paper: Prints & Drawings from the Matisse Family Collection, 8-15 February 2023, Lot 15]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryFrance, Nice, Musée Matisse, Une fête en Cimmérie, exh. cat., June-September 2003, p. 64, cat. 12, p. 64 (dated 1932) [not illus.]

"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Artists' Reflections of Self and Other Artists" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, March 9, 2024-Sept. 2, 2024 [Sixth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Initialed in ink, top left corner: HM
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: 206152 NN 170 5

Recto: Initialed in ink, top left corner: HM [cursive]

Watermark: none known

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