About This Artwork

Henri Matisse
French, 1869–1954

Woman Leaning on Her Hands, 1905

Bronze
4 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (12.1 x 23.5 x 17.2 cm)
Signed and numbered on right foot: "HM 9/10"
Through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection, 1992.654

© 2008 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Christie’s New York, Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture (Part II), Thursday, November 12, 1992, p. 36 (ill.), lot. 126, as Nu assis appuyé sur les mains.

Wood, James N. and Teri J. Edelstein, The Art Institute of Chicago: Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture (Art Institute of Chicago, 1996), p. 16.

Duthuit, Claude, Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre sculpté (Paris, 1997), pp. 42–3, cat. 17, as Nu appuyé sur les mains, Figure portant sur les mains—Figure à la chemise retroussée—Nu à la chemise relevée, Woman Leaning on her Hands, Seated Woman Leaning on her Hands.

Ownership History

Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York, 1948 [Duthuit 1997]. Sidney Schoenberg, St. Louis [Duthuit 1997]. Schoenberg Foundation, St. Louis [Duthuit 1997]. Eugene V. Thaw, New York, 1979 [Duthuit 1997]. Xavier Fourcade Gallery, New York [Duthuit 1997]. Adler/Castillo, New York, by 1980 [Christie’s sale catalogue of November 12, 1992 lot 126]; sold to private collection, 1980 [Christie’s 1992]; sold to Art Institute, in the Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture (Part II) sale, Christie’s, New York, November 12, 1992, lot 126 [letter of September 20, 1993 in curatorial file and Christie’s sale catalogue of November 12, 1992].