Artist
Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)French, 1869–1954
CultureFrench
Titles
- Meditation (Portrait of Lorette)
Datec. 1916
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions19 1/2 × 13 5/16 × 1 in. (49.5 × 33.8 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number48.10
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"55 Works of Modern Art Owned in Houston,” Houston, 1947.
"Matisse: Mastery of Light and Pattern – The Early Years in Nice," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1986–March 29, 1987.
"Matisse Ancillary Exhibition," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993–January 30, 1994.
"Matisse," Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, March 28–May 16, 1995; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, May 26–July 9, 1995; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, July 19–September 3, 1995.
"Matisse in Transition: Portraits of Lorette," Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 28–April 16, 2006; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, May 6–July 23, 2006.
"Matisse: In Search of True Painting," Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, July 14–October 28, 2012; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 4, 2012–March 17, 2013.
"Matisse & the Eskimos," Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, August 20–November 29, 2015.
"Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 27–November 3, 2019.
"Matisse and Picasso," National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, December 13, 2019–April 12, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed (upper left): Henri Matisse
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