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Interior with an Etruscan Vase (Intérieur au vase étrusque)

1940

Henri Matisse

(French, 1869–1954)

France, 20th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 102.2 x 129.5 x 12.1 cm (40 1/4 x 51 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 73.7 x 108 cm (29 x 42 1/2 in.)

Gift of the Hanna Fund 1952.153

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When Matisse's Blue Nude was shown in the 1913 Armory show, the violent, unnaturalistic colors and distorted forms so enraged students and faculty from the Art Institute of Chicago that they burned a copy in effigy.

Description

"I have always tried," wrote Matisse, "to hide my own efforts and wished my works to have the lightness and joyousness of springtime." He achieved that aim in this canvas, painted in Nice during the early months of World War II. A tapestry design hangs behind the woman, while the window to the right is covered in black. The oak table, a light wood with a natural finish in real life, is painted black and green, thereby transforming it into a decorative shape that anchors the center of the composition.

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Signed lower right: "Henri Matisse 40"

Provenance

The artist

1940

Paul Rosenberg (1881-1959), Bordeaux, France

Confiscated by Nazi ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), sent to Paris

1941

Hermann Goering (1893-1946)

Traded to Gustav Rochlitz (1889-1972)

1946

Recovered by Allied Forces, Munich Central Collection Point, Germany

1946

[Restituted to Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY]

about 1947

Leigh Block, Chicago, IL

[Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York]

around 1952

[Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York]

Citations

Ballou, Mary G. ""Interior with Etruscan Vase" by Henri Matisse." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 10 (December 1952): 239-241. Mentioned: P. 239-240; Reproduced: P. 241 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 518 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 199 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 199 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969. Mentioned: p. 1 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 248 archive.org

Sievers, Ann H., Linda D. Muehlig, and Nancy Rich. Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art. New York, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2000. Reproduced: p. 246, fig. 2

May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Reproduced: p. 60, no. 63; Mentioned: p. 118

Tanaka, Masayuki, and Chika Amano. Matisu ten. Tōkyō, Japan: Yomiuri Shinbun Tōkyō Honsha Bunka, 2004. Reproduced: p. 192. fig. 6

Ciuha, Delia. Eros in der Kunst der Moderne: Ausstellung "Eros in der Kunst der Moderne", Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, 8. Oktober 2006-18. Februar 2007 ; BA-CA Kunstforum, Wien, 1. März - 22. Juli 2007. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2006. Reproduced: p. 157

Treasures of the Cleveland Museum of Art. London, United Kingdom: Scala Books, 2012. Reproduced: p. 318-319

Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 301

Essers, Volkmar. Henri Matisse, 1869-1954: Master of Colour. Köln: Benedikt Taschen, 2016. Reproduced: p. 74-75

McBreen, Ellen. "The Studio as Theater." In Matisse in the Studio. Ellen McBreen, and Helen Burnham, 113-139. Boston, Massachusetts: MFA publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2017. Reproduced: p. 139, no. 124

Dorfman, John. "Matisse Madness." Art & Antiques, (Apr. 2017): 48-54. Reproduced: p. 48

Klein, John. Matisse and Decoration. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 94, fig 4.1

Exhibition history

In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

Paths of Abstract Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 5-November 13, 1960).

Seven Decades of Modern Art. Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, NY (organizer) (April 26-May 21, 1966).

Fifty Years of Modern Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 15-July 31, 1966).

Seventy-Five Masterworks. Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (organizer) (December 12, 1967-January 21, 1968).

Henri Matisse. French Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy (organizer) (November 24, 1978-January 28, 1979).

Henri Matisse Retrospective. Kunsthaus Zürich, CH-8024 Zürich, Switzerland (organizer) (October 14, 1982-January 16, 1983).

Matisse Retrospective. Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (organizer) (November 3, 1984-January 6, 1985); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humbelbaek, Denmark (January 19-April 14, 1985).

La révélation m'est venue de l'Orient. Palazzo dei Conservatori (Musei Capitolini, Rome) (September 19, 1997-January 20, 1998).

Henri Matisse: La révélation me'est venue de l'Orient. Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy (September 19, 1997-January 20, 1998).

Henri Matisse: Process and Variation. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (September 10-December 12, 2004).

Masterworks from The Phillips Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-May 29, 2005).

Henri Matisse: Interiors with Women. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, D-40102 Düsseldorf, Germany (October 29, 2005-February 26, 2006); Fondation Beyeler, CH-4125 Riehen/Basel, Switzerland (organizer) (March 19-July 23, 2006).

Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).

Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6, 2015-January 5, 2016).

Matisse in the Studio. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (April 9-July 9, 2017).

Matisse in the 1930s. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (October 13, 2022-January 29, 2023); Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France (February 27-May 29, 2023); Musée Matisse, Nice, France (June 23-September 24, 2023).

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