About This Artwork

Henri Matisse
French, 1869-1954

Head, June 1947

Brush and black ink on ivory wove paper
528 x 405 mm
Signed recto, lower right, in pen and black ink: "H. Matisse Juin 47"
Bequest of Rue Winterbotham Shaw, 1979.271

© 2009 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Ownership History

Bequeathed by Rue Winterbotham Shaw to the Art Institute, 1979.