Woman Leaning on Her Hands

Provenance

Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin, 1902–Aug. 19, 1954), New York, 1948 [Christie’s New York, Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, pt. 2, sale cat. (Christie’s New York, Nov. 12, 1992), lot 126]; Sydney Melville Shoenberg, Sr. (Aug. 31, 1881–Nov. 25, 1975), St. Louis, by Nov. 8, 1948 [letter from Curt Valentin to Sydney M. Shoenberg, Nov. 8, 1948; photocopy in curatorial file]; Shoenberg Foundation, St. Louis [this and the following according to James Goodman Gallery inventory card; photocopy in curatorial file]; Jeffrey Loria (b. Nov. 20, 1940), by Feb. 1980; sold on consignment by James Goodman Gallery, New York, to Adler/Castillo (Rachel E. Adler), New York, from Apr. 15, 1980; sold to Pedro Pérez Lazo (Nov. 19, 1934–May 5, 2010), Caracas, Venezuela, 1980 [letter from Rachel Adler, Mar. 23, 1983; photocopy in curatorial file]; sold at Christie’s New York, lot 126, to Rachel Adler Gallery, New York, on behalf of the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 12, 1992.

Woman Leaning on Her Hands

Henri Matisse

1905, cast c. 1930

Accession Number

118601

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

12.1 × 23.5 × 17.2 cm (4 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)

Classification

sculpture

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Collection