Interior at Nice

1. Georges Menier (1880–1933), Paris, by May 15, 1930 [Fels 1930]. Henri Matisse, Nice, before June 16, 1931 [this and the following according to letter from Pierre Matisse, Oct. 21, 1974; copy in curatorial file]; Pierre Matisse (June 13, 1900–Aug. 10, 1989), New York, by June 16, 1931; sold to Mr. Charles Goodspeed (1885–1947) and Mrs. Elizabeth “Bobsy” Goodspeed (née Elizabeth Barret Fuller, remarried as Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, 1893–1980), Chicago and New York, Dec. 24, 1936 [stockbook, Pierre Matisse Gallery Archives, MA 5020, box 171, folder 34, Department of Literary and Historical Manuscripts, Morgan Library and Museum, New York; copy in curatorial file]; partially given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 31, 1956 [full ownership obtained on Oct. 22, 1962].

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Berlin, Galerien Thannhauser, Henri Matisse, Feb. 15–Mar. 19, 1930, cat. 37, as Interieur, 1920.
• Paris, Galerie Pigalle, Exposition de “L’art vivant,” May 16–[?], 1930, cat. 63, (ill.), as La Fenêtre.
• Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Henri-Matisse, June 16–July 25, 1931, cat. 85 (ill.), as Intérieur à Nice, 1921.
• Northampton, MA, Smith College Museum of Art, Special Exhibition of Three Paintings, Winter 1932–1933, no cat.
• Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 394, as Large Interior, Nice, 1921.
• New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Paintings, Henri Matisse, Jan. 23–Feb. 24, 1934, cat. 4, as Intérieur à Nice.
• Paris, Petit Palais, Les maîtres de l’art indépendant 1895–1937, June 17–Oct., 1937, cat. 12, as Intérieur à Nice, 1921.
• Arts Club of Chicago, Loan Exhibition of Modern Paintings and Drawings from Private Collections in Chicago, Nov. 4–25, 1938, cat. 77, as Grand Interieur a Nice [sic].
• Arts Club of Chicago, Exhibition of Paintings by Henri Matisse, Mar. 30–Apr. 18, 1939, cat. 9, as Grand Intérieur à Nice, 1923.
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Henri Matisse: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Apr. 3–May 10, 1948, cat. 54 (ill.), as Large Interior, Nice, 1921.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse, Nov. 13, 1951–Jan. 13, 1952, cat. 53, as Interior at Nice, (1921); Cleveland, Museum of Art, Feb. 5–Mar. 16, 1952; Chicago, Art Institute, Apr. 1–May 4, 1952; San Francisco Museum of Art, May 22–July 6, 1952.
• Los Angeles Municipal Art Department, Henri Matisse, July 24–Aug. 17, 1952, cat. 36 (ill.), as Interior at Nice, (1921).

• Galerie Pigalle, Exposition de “L’art vivant,” exh. cat. (Galerie Pigalle, 1930), fig. 58; cat. 63, as La Fenêtre and Fenetre [sic].
• Galerien Thannhauser, Henri Matisse, mit Geleitwort von Prof. Hans Purrmann und 64 Abbildungen, exh. cat. (Galerien Thannhauser, 1930), p. 16, cat. 37, as Interieur, 1920.
• Jacques Guenne, “L’exposition de l’art vivant au Théatre Pigalle,” in Exposition de “L’art vivant,” exh. cat. (Galerie Pigalle, 1930), n. pag., as Fenêtre.
• Florent Fels, ed., L’art vivant 6, 130 Numéro consacré a l’exposition de l’Art Vivant (May 15, 1930), pp. [414], fig. 58; 426, no. 63, as La Fenêtre and Fenetre [sic].
• Jacques Guenne, “L’exposition de l’art vivant au Théatre Pigalle,” L’Art Vivant 6, 130 Numéro consacré a l’exposition de l’Art Vivant (May 15, 1930), p. 391, as Fenêtre.
• Galerie Georges Petit, Henri Matisse, exh. cat. (Galerie Georges Petit, 1931), n. pag. (ill.); p. 33, cat. 85, as Intérieur à Nice, 1921.
• Waldemar George, “The Dual Aspect of Matisse,” Formes 16 English ed. (June 1931), n. pag. (ill.), as Intérieur à Nice/An Interior at Nice.
• Albert Barnes and Violette De Mazia, The Art of Henri-Matisse (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1933), pp. 195; 196; 197; 307, no. 118 (ill.); 442, no. 118, as Interior at Nice.
• Daniel Catton Rich, ed., Catalogue of “A Century of Progress”: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture; Lent from American Collections, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1933), p. 55, cat. 394, as Large Interior, Nice, 1921.
• Jere Abbott, “Exhibitions” and “Accessions and Loans: March 1, 1932 to May 1, 1933,” Bulletin of Smith College Museum of Art 14 (May 1933), pp. 15 (ill.), 16, 22, as Grand Interior, Nice, Grand Interior at Nice, and Interior at Nice.
• Pierre Matisse, Paintings, Henri Matisse, exh. cat. (Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1934), cat. 4, as Intérieur à Nice.
• Mary Morsell, “Finely Arranged Matisse Exhibit Now on Display,” Art News 32, no. 17 (Jan. 27, 1934), p. 4 (ill.), as Interieur à Nice [sic] and Interieur a Nice [sic].

Bathers by a River

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman before an Aquarium

Art Institute of Chicago

Apples

Art Institute of Chicago

Daisies

Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life with Geranium

Art Institute of Chicago

Lemons on a Pewter Plate

Art Institute of Chicago

Laurette with a Cup of Coffee

Art Institute of Chicago

Girl in Yellow and Blue with Guitar

Art Institute of Chicago

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