id:			146804
accession number:	1972.225
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.225
updated:		2025-06-27 11:13:14.244000

The Windshield, On the Road to Villacoublay, 1917. Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954). Oil on canvas; framed: 58 x 75 x 7 cm (22 13/16 x 29 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 38.2 x 55.2 cm (15 1/16 x 21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride in memory of John Harris McBride II, 1972.225. © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				The Windshield, On the Road to Villacoublay
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creation date:			1917
creation date earliest:		1917
creation date latest:		1917
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creditline:			Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride in memory of John Harris McBride II
copyright:			© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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

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

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measurements: Framed: 58 x 75 x 7 cm (22 13/16 x 29 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 38.2 x 55.2 cm (15 1/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed upper right: "Henri-Matisse"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		Speed-Visions of an Accelerated Age
	opening date:   1998-09-11T00:00:00
	<i>Speed-Visions of an Accelerated Age</i>. Whitechapel Art Gallery (organizer) (September 11-November 22, 1998).

	title:		Cinématisse
	opening date:   2019-09-18T04:00:00
	<i>Cinématisse</i>. Musée Matisse, Nice, France (organizer) (September 18, 2019-January 5, 2020) http://www.musee-matisse-nice.org/.

	title:		Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in Interwar France
	opening date:   2025-04-12T04:00:00
	<i>Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in Interwar France</i>. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (organizer) (April 12-July 27, 2025) https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/roaring-art-fashion-and-the-automobile-in-france/.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Los Angeles, California, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Automobile and Culture, July 21, 1984-January 6, 1985.', 'opening_date': '1984-07-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse:  The Early Years in Nice, November 2, 1986-March 29, 1987.', 'opening_date': '1986-11-02T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola Museum of Art, Carsinart, May 1, July 15, 1990.', 'opening_date': '1990-07-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'London, England. Whitechapel Art Gallery. "Speed" 9/11 - 11/22/98.', 'opening_date': '1998-11-22T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Sold through Bernheim-Jeune to Adrien Hébrard, 1917; Mrs. R. A. Workman, London (1924); (Kraushaar, 1929, sold to donor, Mrs. Malcolm McBride, in 1941)
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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 249
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n269

	Hinson, Tom E. “Alex Katz’s Impala.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 8 (October 1986): 314–326.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 324, fig. 16
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159954

	Krauss, Rosalind E. <em>Willem De Kooning Nonstop: Cherchez La Femme</em>. Chicago, London: The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 30; Reproduced: p. 133, figure 62
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