id:			134613
accession number:	1957.144
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.144
updated:		2023-09-15 11:23:02.817000

Two Women, c. 1908. Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954). Bronze; overall: 45.7 x 25.7 cm (18 x 10 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark 1957.144 © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Two Women
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creation date:			c. 1908
creation date earliest:		1908
creation date latest:		1908
current location:		223 20th Century Avant-Garde
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark
copyright:			© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	bronze
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 45.7 x 25.7 cm (18 x 10 1/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed: "Henri Matisse 3/10" on base
Stamped "HM" in over on base 
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

	title:		Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors
	opening date:   1995-11-22T05:00:00
	<i>Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996).

	title:		Matisse and the Sea
	opening date:   2024-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Matisse and the Sea</i>. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (organizer) (February 17-May 12, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Galerie Pierre Matisse, Paris, France, May 1929)
	date: 1929
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	(Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, NY)
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	Mr. Harold T. Clark [1882-1965] and Mrs. Harold T. Clark [1896-1971], Cleveland,OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1957
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1957-
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wall description:
Matisse based this sculpture on a photograph of two women embracing, but translated it into a more compact, three-dimensional composition by fusing their torsos and shortening and thickening their legs. Positioning the figures face to face eliminates any frontal view, which encourages examination from various angles. "Fit your parts into each other as a carpenter does a house," Matisse said. "Everything must be constructed, built upon parts that make a unit."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Gabriel P. Weisberg, and H. W. Janson. <em>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 22
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