Marguerite Emilienne Matisse (1894–1982) was the artist’s eldest child, the daughter of his girlfriend and model, Camille Joblaud. Plagued with ill health, Marguerite was only six years old when she developed acute breathing problems that necessitated an emergency tracheotomy. In both this painting and The Met collection work Marguerite Wearing a Hat (2002.456.15), she is depicted with the black velvet ribbon she often tied around her neck to conceal the scar.
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the artist (1916–d. 1954; his estate, 1955; ca. 1955 to J. Matisse); his son, Jean Gérard Matisse, Paris (ca. 1955–d. 1976); his widow, Marie Matisse (1976–78; sold in 1978 to P. Matisse); Pierre Matisse, New York (1978–d. 1989); his widow, Maria-Gaetana Matisse, née von Spreti, New York (1989–d. 2001); Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation (2002; gift to MMA)
Los Angeles. UCLA Art Galleries. "Henri Matisse: Retrospective 1966," January 5–February 27, 1966, no. 40.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Henri Matisse: Retrospective 1966," March 11–April 24, 1966, no. 40.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Henri Matisse: Retrospective 1966," May 11–June 26, 1966, no. 40.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Henri Matisse: 64 Paintings," July 19–September 25, 1966, no. 31.
London. Hayward Gallery. "Matisse, 1869–1954: A Retrospective Exhibition," July 3–September 8, 1968, no. 63.
Paris. Grand Palais. "Henri Matisse: Exposition du centenaire," April 21–September 21, 1970, no. 143.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice, 1916–1930," November 2, 1986–March 29, 1987, no. 6.
Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou. "Henri Matisse 1904–1917," February 25–June 21, 1993, no. 137.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection," May 18, 2004–June 26, 2005, no catalogue (checklist no. 32).
Museo Picasso Málaga. "La Colección Pierre y Maria-Gaetana Matisse en The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York," March 26–June 24, 2007, no. 22.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "XS," December 6, 2011–April 15, 2012, no catalogue.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "Matisse's Marguerite: Model Daughter," September 18, 2013–January 19, 2014, no catalogue.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Matisse in the Studio," April 9–July 9, 2017, unnumbered cat. (fig. 81).
Royal Academy of Arts, London. "Matisse in the Studio," August 5–November 12, 2017, unnumbered cat.
Museum of Living Art, A.E. Gallatin Collection. Exh. cat., New York University. New York, 1936, unpaginated, ill.
Museum of Living Art, A.E. Gallatin Collection. Exh. cat., New York University. New York, 1940, unpaginated, ill.
Henri Matisse. Portraits. Monte Carlo, 1954, p. 152, ill. p. 121.
A.E. Gallatin Collection, Museum of Living Art. Exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, 1954, p. 150, ill.
Jean Selz. Matisse. New York, [1964], p. 43, ill.
Jane Livingston. "Matisse's 'Tea'." Los Angeles County Museum of Art Bulletin 20 (1974), pp. 52, 54, fig. 5.
Mario Luzi and Massimo Carrà. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Matisse, 1904–1928. Paris, 1982, pp. 94–95, no. 221, ill.
Jack Flam. Matisse: A Retrospective. Rev. ed. (1st ed., 1988). New York, 1990, p. 183, pl. 54.
John Elderfield. Henri Matisse: A Retrospective. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1992, p. 296, ill.
Sophie Monneret. Matisse. Paris, 1994, p. 101, no. 251, ill.
Pierre Schneider. Matisse. Rev. ed. (English ed., 1984). Paris, 2002, p. 490.
Carol Vogel. "Met Gets Gift of 100 Works Collected by Son of Matisse." New York Times (February 27, 2003), p. B9.
Holland Cotter. "Matisse the Son, Illuminating His Father's Legacy." New York Times (2004), p. E28, ill. p. E25.
Louise Nicholson. "A Man of Infinite Taste: The Met has Bagged a Major Treasure in the Pierre Matisse Collection." Apollo 160 (October 2004), p. 85.
Sabine Rewald. The American Matisse: The Dealer, His Artists, His Collection. The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection. New York, 2009, pp. 98, 100, 161, ill. (color).
Suzanne Preston Blier inMatisse in the Studio. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, 2017, pp. 99–100, 198, fig. 81 (color).
Henri Matisse (French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869–1954 Nice)
1912
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