Female nude from behind (1912/13)

Henri Matisse

pen and black ink

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Pen and black ink

Physical Object Description:

Nu de dos; female nude; whole-length seen from behind, leaning against a wall (?), her head resting on her right forearm, the other resting in the small of her back. 1912/13 Pen and black ink. Signed.

Technique:

Drawn

Dimensions:

31.7 x 22.1 cm

Accession Number:

1931,1114.10

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1931

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased from Henri Petiet (1894-1980), Paris by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1 January 1929; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, 1931

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Petiet Henri Marie Petiet Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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