Nude in a Folding Chair

Provenance

The artist to Dr. Heinz Braun (born Hans Heinrich Braune-Krickau, 1880–1957), Breslau (present day Wrocław, Poland) and Stuttgart, Germany, by 1922–Oct. 5, 1929 [Galerie Thannhauser, undated collection history; and Zentralarchiv des internationalen Kunsthandels ZADIK, Cologne (Thannhauser stock book 2); photocopies in curatorial object file]; sold to Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin, Amsterdam, and New York, Oct. 5, 1929; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 28, 1944.

Nude in a Folding Chair

Henri Matisse

c. 1906

Accession Number

151435

Medium

Brush and black wash on ivory laid paper, pieced at top edge

Dimensions

66 × 47 cm (26 × 18 9/16 in.)

Classification

ink or chalk wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, II