Details

Title

Three Bathers

Dated

1907

Artist

Henri Matisse

Nationality

French

Artist Life

1869–1954

Role

Artist

Gallery

G371

Department

European Art

Dimension

23 3/4 × 28 3/4 × 15/16 in. (60.3 × 73 × 2.4 cm)34 1/2 × 39 1/4 × 3 in. (87.6 × 99.7 × 7.6 cm) (outer frame)

Credit

Bequest of Putnam Dana McMillan

Accession Number

61.36.14

Medium

Oil on canvas

Country

"France"

Century

20th century

Provenance

The artist, Paris (until 1907; sold, December, to Moll); Oskar and Greta Moll, Paris and Breslau, Germany [now Wroclaw, Poland] (1907–?1928); ?[Galerie Georges Petite, Paris, from 1928]. [1] L.C. Hodebert, Paris. Georges Bernheim, Paris (by 1931). Léopold Zborowski (1889–1932), Paris (by d. 1932); his wife, Anna Zborowski (1932 –37; consigned to La Galerie Simon, Paris, to Mayor Gallery, London, 1935-36 and to Rains Gallery, New York, 1937) [2]. Dr. Jacques Soubiès, Paris (until 1940; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 13, 1940, no. 62, for Fr 27,000 to Petiet]. Henri Petiet (1894–1980), Paris (from 1940). [Carstairs Gallery, New York, until 1950; ?sold, May 9, to McMillan) [3]; Putnam Dana McMillan, Minneapolis (1950–61, bequeathed to Mia). [1] The Molls acquired the painting directly from Matisse, according to Georges Keller of Carstairs Gallery in a letter of May 12, 1950. Keller also said that he acquired the painting directly from them in 1928 while still at the Galerie Georges Petit. [2] Zbrowski died suddenly of a heart attack and was left poor after losing much of his fortune in the economic crash of 1929. His widow Anna (1885–1978) subsequently sold off his art collection. [3] Lent to MIA by Carstairs on this date, incoming loan number L50.500.

Rights

Public Domain

Classification

Paintings

Object Name

Painting

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