Henri Matisse (1868-1954)
Henri Matisse (1868-1954)

L'Odalisque, harmonie bleue

Details
Henri Matisse (1868-1954)
L'Odalisque, harmonie bleue
signed and dated 'Henri Matisse 37' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23¾ x 19½ in. (60.3 x 49.5 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Provenance
Paul Rosenberg, New York (acquired from the artist).
Private collection.
Literature
C. Zervos, ed., CAHIERS D'ART, Paris, 1937, no. 6-7 (illustrated, p. 209).
I. Grünewald, Matisse, Stockholm, 1944, p. 145.
J. Cassou, Matisse, Paris, 1947, p. 20 (illustrated in color; titled Anémones et femme, harmonie bleue).
G. Diehl, Matisse, Paris, 1952, p. 34 (illustrated; titled Femme avec anémone).
L. Delectorskaya, With apparent ease...Henri Matisse: Paintings from 1935-1939, Paris, 1988, p. 31 (illustrated in color, p. 215; dated 26-27 January 1937).
G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Matisse, Paris, 1995, vol. II, p. 1360, no. 746 (illustrated; titled Odalisque en gris aux anémones).
Exhibited
Paris and London, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Oeuvres récentes de Henri Matisse, June-July 1937, no. 5 (illustrated, pl. 1; titled Odalisque bleue aux anémones).
Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Salon d'Automne, September-October 1945, no. 13 (titled Odalisque et anémones, harmonie en bleu).

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