Henri Matisse
Autoportrait

Autoportrait

© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Autoportrait
Autoportrait
ArtistFrench, 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 Fund
Object number2023.113
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 207
On view

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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.]

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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