Lemons on a Pewter Plate

1. The artist, to at least Sep. 15, 1931 [Basel 1931]; Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, probably acquired directly from the artist, by Nov. 15, 1938 [New York 1938, exh. cat.]; Lee A. Ault (Sep. 30, 1915–Apr. 7, 1996) and Dorothy Smith Ault (née Nov. 19, 1916; married 1935, divorced by 1958), New Canaan, CT, and New York; later Lee A. Ault and Isabel Henry Ault (June 11, 1912–Nov. 7, 1989; married 1958, divorced 1977), New York, Apr. 27, 1942; sold to Nathan Cummings (Oct. 14, 1896–Feb. 19, 1985) and Joanne Toor Cummings (née Joanne Ruth Toor, Nov. 2, 1928–Sep. 19, 1995), New York, Chicago, and Palm Beach, FL, Apr. 2, 1965 [Nathan Cummings inventory card; photocopy in curatorial file]; given to Joanne Toor Cummings by June 30, 1976; by descent to Joanne Toor Cummings Estate, New York, Sep. 19, 1995; purchased from Christie’s, New York sale Apr. 30, 1996, lot 26, by Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, Apr. 30, 1996; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 11, 1999.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Paris, Palais de Bois, Société des “Artistes Indépendants”: 37e Exposition, Mar. 20–May 2, 1926, cat. 1664, as Nature morte (citrons, plat d’étain).
• Berlin, Galerien Thannhauser, Henri Matisse, Feb. 15–Mar. 19, 1930, cat. 56 (ill.), as Zitronenstilleben.
• Basel, Kunsthalle, Henri-Matisse, Aug. 9–Sept. 15, 1931, cat. 78, as Les Citrons au plat d’étain, 1924.
• Paris, Petit Palais, Les maîtres de l’art indépendant, 1895–1937, June–Oct. 1937, cat. 46, as Les Citrons, 1927.
• New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Henri Matisse: Paintings, Drawings of 1918 to 1938, Nov. 15–Dec. 10, 1938, cat. 2, as Still Life with Lemons, 1927.
• Possibly New York, French Pavilion, New York World’s Fair, 1939.
• San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, and M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Seven Centuries of Painting: A Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters, Dec. 29, 1939–Jan. 28, 1940, cat. Y–184, as Still Life with Lemons, 1927 (M. H. de Young Memorial Museum only).
• New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Henri-Matisse: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, 1898–1939, Feb. 9–27, 1943, cat. 18, as Nature morte aux citrons, 1927.
• New York, Valentine Gallery, Modern Paintings: The Lee Ault Collection, Apr. 10–29, 1944, cat. 28 (ill.), as Citrons, 1927.
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Henri Matisse: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Apr. 3–May 10, 1948, cat. 69 (ill.), as Lemons on a Pewter Plate, 1927.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse, Nov. 13, 1951–Jan. 13, 1952, cat. 60, as Lemons on a Pewter Plate (1927); 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.
• Los Angeles Municipal Art Department, Henri Matisse, July 24–Aug. 17, 1952, cat. 38, as Lemons on a Pewter Plate (1927).

• Société des “Artistes Indépendants,” Catalogue de la 37e Exposition, exh. cat. (Société des “Artistes Indépendants,” 1926), p. 157, cat. 1664, as Nature morte (citrons, plat d’étain).
• “Les Expositions à Paris et ailleurs: Berlin: Henri-Matisse (Galerie Thannhauser),” Cahiers d’art 5, no. 2 (1930), p. 107 (ill.).
• Galerien Thannhauser, Henri Matisse, mit Geleitwort von Prof. Hans Purrmann und 64 Abbildungen, exh. cat. (Galerien Thannhauser, 1930), pp. 18, cat. 56; 27 (ill.), as Zitronenstilleben.
• Henri-Matisse, exh. cat., texts by Henri Matisse and Carl Egger (Kunsthalle Basel, 1931), p. 16, cat. 78, as Les Citrons au plat d’étain, 1924.
• Petit Palais, Les maitres de l’art indépendant, 1895–1937, exh. cat. (Éditions Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1937), p. 38, cat. 46, as Les Citrons, 1927.
• Pierre Matisse Gallery, Henri Matisse: Paintings, Drawings of 1918 to 1938, exh. cat. (Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1938), cat. 2, as Still Life with Lemons, 1927.
• Edward Alden Jewell, “Noted Modernists Feature Art Week,” New York Times, Nov. 15, 1938, p. 20, as Still Life with Lemons, 1927.
• Martha Davidson, “Recent Matisse Anthology: A Great Contemporary’s Activity in the Last Two Decades,” Art News, Nov. 19, 1938, p. 12 (ill.), as Still-Life with Lemons, 1927.
• California Palace of the Legion of Honor and M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Seven Centuries of Painting: A Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters, exh. cat. (California Palace of the Legion of Honor/M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1939), p. 53, cat. Y–184, as Still Life with Lemons, 1927.
• Pierre Matisse Gallery, Henri-Matisse: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, 1898–1939, exh. cat. (Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1943), cat. 18, as Nature morte aux citrons, Nice, 1927.
• Edward Alden Jewell, “With Accent on Modernism: Museum of Modern Art Presents ‘Realists and Magic Realists’ of America—Contemporary French Painters and Others,” New York Times, Feb. 14, 1943, p. X7 (ill.), as Still-Life with Lemons, Nice.
• Valentine Gallery, Modern Paintings: The Lee Ault Collection, exh. cat. (Valentine Gallery, 1944), cat. 28 (ill.), as Citrons, 1927.

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