About This Artwork

Henri Matisse
French, 1869–1954

The Serf, 1900–04

Bronze
91.5 x 30.5 x 34.3 cm (36 x 12 x 13 1/2 in.)
Signed on base, l. rear: "Henri Matisse 1/10"
Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson, 1949.202

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

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

New York, Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse, November 13, 1951–January 13, 1952, p. 11, cat. 76 (ill.); traveled to Cleveland Museum of Art, February 5–March 16, 1952; Art Institute of Chicago, April 1–May 4, 1952; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 22–July 6, 1952.

Publication History

Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse exh. cat. (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1952), p. 11, cat. 76 (ill.).

Duthuit, Claude, Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre sculpté (Paris, 1997), pp. 10–12, cat. 6, as Le Serf—L’Esclave, The Serf—The Slave.

Wood, James N. and Debra N. Mancoff, Treasures from the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), p. 228 (ill.).

Ownership History

Michael (died 1938) and Sarah Stein, Paris and San Francisco [Duthuit 1997]. Earl Stendahl Gallery, Hollywood, Calif. ; sold to Art Institute, 1949.