Inscription: Signed (lower right, in pen and black ink): Henri-Matisse
the artist (1905–8; possibly on consignment with Paul Cassirer, Berlin; shipped through Edward Steichen to Stieglitz); Alfred Stieglitz, New York (1908–d. 1946; his estate, 1946–49; gift to MMA)
Paris. Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées. "Salon d'automne (3e exposition)," October 18–November 25, 1905, no. 723 (as "La Promenade").
Paris. Galerie Druet. "Exposition Henri Matisse," March 19–April 7, 1906 (unnumbered drawings section) [probably included as a pendant to no. 6, "La Japonaise au bord de l'eau"].
Berlin. Secession. "XIV. Ausstellung, Zeichnende Künste," December 1907, nos. 254–61 [probably one of eight untitled drawings].
New York. 291. "An Exhibition of Drawings, Lithographs, Watercolors, and Etchings by M. Henri Matisse, of Paris," April 6–27, 1908, no catalogue (works selected by Edward Steichen).
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters," April 17–May 9, 1920, no. 160 (as "At the Seashore").
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "History of an American, Alfred Stieglitz: '291' and After, Selections from the Stieglitz Collection," July 1–November 1, 1944, no. 50 (as "At the Seashore").
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Alfred Stieglitz Exhibition: His Collection," June 10–August 31, 1947, no catalogue (checklist no. 69; as "Woman by the Seashore").
Art Institute of Chicago. "Alfred Stieglitz: His Photographs and His Collection," February 2–29, 1948, no catalogue.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "From the Alfred Stieglitz Collection: An Extended Loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 22–August 12, 1951, no catalogue (checklist no. E.L.51.677; as "Woman by the Seashore"; loan extended to June 9, 1958).
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Henri Matisse," November 13, 1951–January 13, 1952, no. 108 (as "Woman by the Seashore").
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Henri Matisse," February 5–March 16, 1952, no. 108.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Henri Matisse," April 1–May 4, 1952, no. 108.
San Francisco Museum of Art. "Henri Matisse," May 22–July 6, 1952, no. 108.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Les fauves," October 8, 1952–January 4, 1953, no. 112 (as "Woman by the Seashore").
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "Les fauves," January 21–February 22, 1953, no. 112.
San Francisco Museum of Art. "Les fauves," March 13–April 12, 1953, no. 112.
Art Gallery of Toronto. "Les fauves," May 1–31, 1953, no. 112.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings from the Alfred Stieglitz Collection," September 9–November 12, 1967, no catalogue.
Paris. Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre. "Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York de David à Picasso," October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974, no. 58 (as "Dame au Parasol, sur une Plage").
Paris. Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne. "Paris—New York," June 1–September 19, 1977, unnumbered cat. (p. 249).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Neo-Impressionism: The Friends and Followers of Georges Seurat," September 14, 1991–January 12, 1992, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe," October 13, 2011–January 2, 2012, no. 7.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism," October 13, 2023–January 21, 2024, unnumbered cat. (pl. 49; as "Woman with an Umbrella at the Seashore (Femme avec ombrelle en bord de mer)").
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism," February 25–May 27, 2024, unnumbered cat.
"Henri Matisse at the Little Galleries." Camera Work no. 23 (July 1908), p. 12.
[Elisabeth Luther Cary]. "Gallery Notes." New York Times (April 14, 1908), p. 8.
[James Huneker]. "Around the Galleries." Sun (April 10, 1908), p. 6, generally discusses works in Exh. New York 1908.
J. B. Kerfoot. "Henri Matisse: A Retrospect." Camera Work no. 25 (January 1909), p. 45.
Florence N. Levy. "Modern Masters at the Pennsylvania Academy." International Studio 71 (August 1920), p. XXXIII.
George Heard Hamilton. "The Alfred Stieglitz Collection." Metropolitan Museum Journal 3 (1970), pp. 378–79, fig. 3.
Donald E. Gordon. Modern Art Exhibitions, 1900–1916: Selected Catalogue Documentation. Vol. 2, Munich, 1974, pp. 139, 152, 235.
John H. Cauman. "Matisse and America, 1905–1933." PhD diss., City University of New York, 2000, vol. 1, p. 57, fig. 1.27.
Sabine Rewald inStieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe. Ed. Lisa Mintz Messinger. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2011, pp. 34, 244, no. 7, ill. (color).
Isabelle Duvernois in Dita Amory and Ann Dumas. Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2023, pp. 42, 183, fig. 20 (color detail), colorpl. 49.
Henri Matisse (French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869–1954 Nice)
1912
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