Self-Portrait

1937

Henri Matisse

Associated Names
Henri Matisse

Artist, French, 1869 - 1954

This is a drawing of a man's face. His face is slightly turned to the left, and he looks at us out of the corners of his eyes. He has light skin, a white beard and mustache, and thinning hair. His eyebrows are dark and appear furrowed above his large, round eyes. He wears round glasses seated on the bridge of his nose. Around his neck is the outline of a collar. The background is blank paper.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York), by 1948; T. Edward Hanley [1895-1969], Bradford, PA, at least until 1968; (E.V. Thaw and Co., New York); purchased June 1970 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1985.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1948

  • Henri Matisse, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1948, no. 140.

1962

  • Paintings and Drawings from the Hanley Collection, Wildenstein & Co., New York and the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1961-62, no. 91.

1963

  • 20th Century Master Drawings, Guggenheim Museum and tour, 1963-64, no. 83.

1967

  • Selections from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. T. Edward Hanley, Bradford, PA, Gallery of Modern Art and Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1967.

  • Selectiond from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. T. Edward Hanley, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX, DeYoung Museum, and Denver Museum of Art, 1967-68.

1968

  • Works from the Hanley Collection, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH, 1968, no. 171.

1975

  • Dessins de Matisse, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1975.

1986

  • Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 67.

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016.

2022

  • Matisse in the 1930s, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris; Musée Matisse, Nice, 2022-2023 (shown only in Philadelphia), no. 1, repro.

Bibliography

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 67.

2022

  • Taylor-Jones, Colette, Ormal-Grenon, Jean-Benoit, and Garnier, Thomas Bari, editors.Matisse in the 1930s. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris; Musée Matisse, Nice, 2022-2023: 6, no. 1.

Inscriptions

lower left in charcoal: HM / 37

Watermarks

Montval: MV (entwined within a circle) /France

Wikidata ID

Q64573669

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