About This Artwork

Henri Matisse
French, 1869-1954

Head of a Woman, 1942

Black crayon on ivory wove paper
528 x 408 mm
Signed recto, lower left, in graphite: "H. Matisse/42"
David Adler Memorial Fund, 1950.1414

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

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, "Themes and Variations," December 11, 1993–February 13, 1994.

Ownership History

Sold by Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, to the Art Institute, 1950.