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Portrait of Matisse (1930)

Vivian Forbes

graphite with watercolour

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Portrait of Matisse (1930)

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Pencil, Watercolour

Physical Object Description:

Portrait of Henri Matisse, painter; head turned slightly to right, eyes closed, and wearing glasses and beard. 1930 Graphite, with watercolour. Inscribed and dated: "Vivian Forbes/1930".

Dimensions:

27 x 20.5 cm

Accession Number:

1936,0613.9.+

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1935

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, from its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1935; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1936

Relationship:

Arthur Mayger 'A. M.' Hind Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Portraits

Painted in Pittsburgh when the artist was possibly with Glyn Philpot, his lover, who was judging for the art prize at the Carnegie International exhibition? (TA)

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Vivian Forbes
Portrait of Matisse (1930)

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