Apples by Henri Matisse
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Apples

Henri Matisse · 1916

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist; sold to Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Nov. 13, 1916 [Dauberville 1995]; sold to Henry Bernstein, Jan. 15, 1917 [Paris 1993]; sold to Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, from Dec. 13, 1917 [Paris 1993]. Marius de Zayas, New York, by May 1919 [Marius de Zayas to John Quinn, invoice dated Dec. 26, 1919, John Quinn Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library; photocopy in curatorial file]; sold to John Quinn (Apr. 24, 1870–July 28, 1924), New York, after Dec. 26, 1919 [invoice mentioned above]; by descent to John Quinn Estate, New York, July 28, 1924 [American Art Association, New York sale catalogue, Feb. 9–12, 1927, lot 126]; sold to F. Valentine Dudensing, New York, through American Art Association sale, lot 126, Feb. 9, 1927; sold to Pierre Matisse (June 13, 1900–Aug. 10, 1989), New York, by June 16, 1931 [this and the following according to letter from Pierre Matisse, Oct. 21, 1974; photocopy in curatorial file]; sold to Samuel A. Marx (1885–1964) and Florene May Schoenborn (c. 1903–Aug. 25, 1995), Chicago, Dec. 1940; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 29, 1948.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • New York, M. de Zayas, Exhibition of Paintings by Courbet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Matisse, Nov. 17–Dec. 6, 1919, cat. 21, as Apples.
  • New York, Waldorf Astoria, Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, Mar. 11–Apr. 1, 1920, cat. 508, as Still- Life, Apples.
  • Possibly Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters, Apr. 17–May 9, 1920, cat. 150, as Apples.
  • New York, Marius de Zayas Galleries, Paintings by Matisse, Dec. 6–25, 1920, no cat.
  • New York, Sculptors' Gallery, Exhibition: Contemporary French Art, Mar. 24–Apr. 10, 1921, cat. 84, as Apples, 1919.
  • New York, Galleries of Joseph Brummer, Exhibition of Works by Henri Matisse, Feb. 25–Mar. 22, 1924, cat. 7, as Apples.
  • New York, F. Valentine Dudensing Galleries, Group Exhibition [of] Modern French Painters, Mar. 8–Apr. 1927, no cat.
  • Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Henri-Matisse, June 16–July 25, 1931, cat. 46, as Les Pommes, 1918.
  • Basel, Kunsthalle, Henri-Matisse, Aug. 9–Sept. 15, 1931, cat. 48, as Les Pommes, 1918.
  • San Francisco Museum of Art, Henri-Matisse: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Jan. 11–Feb. 24, 1936, cat. 15, as Bowl of Apples, 1916.
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Henri Matisse: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Apr. 3–May 10, 1948, cat. 38 (ill.), as Bowl of Apples, 1916.
  • New York, Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse, Nov. 13, 1951–Jan. 13, 1952, cat. 38 (ill.), as Apples, (1916); Cleveland Museum of Art, Feb. 5–Mar. 16, 1952; Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 1–May 4, 1952; San Francisco Museum of Art, May 22–July 6, 1952.

Literature

Published references

  • Marius de Zayas, Exhibition of Paintings by Courbet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Matisse, exh. cat. (M. de Zayas, 1919), cat. 21, as Apples.
  • Henry McBride, “News and Comment in the World of Art,” Sun, Nov. 23, 1919, sec. 7, p. 12.
  • Frederick James Gregg, “From Courbet to Matisse in One Art Exhibition,” New York Herald, Nov. 23, 1919, sec. 3, p. 10, as Still Life.
  • Society of Independent Artists, Catalogue of the Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, exh. cat. (Society of Independent Artists, 1920), n. pag., cat. 508, as Still-Life, Apples.
  • Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Artists, exh. cat., with an introduction by Leopold Stokowski (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1920), p. 16, cat. 150, as Apples.
  • Henry McBride, “New Matisse Art on Exhibition,” New York Herald, Dec. 12, 1920, sec. 3, p. 4.
  • Charles Lewis Hind, Art and I (John Lane Company, 1921), pp. 153, 157–58, as Apples and Still Life, Apples.
  • Sculptors' Gallery, Exhibition: Contemporary French Art, exh. cat. (Sculptors' Gallery, 1921), cat. 84, as Apples, 1919.
  • Joseph Brummer, Exhibition of Works by Henri Matisse, exh. cat. (Joseph Brummer, 1924), cat. 7, as Apples.
  • John Quinn, 1870–1925: Collection of Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings, and Sculpture, with a foreword by Forbes Watson (Pidgeon Hill Press, 1926), pp. 5, 11, 73 (ill.), as Still Life.
  • “Quinn Art in Five Session Sale,” Art News 25, no. 15 (Jan. 15, 1927), p. 2.
  • “Last of Quinn Art to Go at Auction,” New York Times, Jan. 16, 1927, p. E20.

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