id: 81278 accession number: 2020.140 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.140 updated: 2023-02-06 16:16:31.181000 Seated Odalisque in Striped Pantaloons, c. 1926–27. Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954). Graphite on smooth wove paper; image and sheet: 34.9 x 25.9 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.140 © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York title: Seated Odalisque in Striped Pantaloons title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1926–27 creation date earliest: 1921 creation date latest: 1932 current location: creditline: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift copyright: © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York --- culture: France, 20th century technique: graphite on smooth wove paper department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954) - artist --- measurements: Image and Sheet: 34.9 x 25.9 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: light weight, cream wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: Stamped in ink: HM translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection opening date: 2022-09-11T04:00:00 Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Estate of the artist [1869-1964] date: after 1964-? footnotes: citations: (Charles M. Young Gallery, Portland, CT, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH) date: ?-2006 footnotes: citations: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH date: 2006-2020 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2020- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The setting for this drawing was Henri Matisse's own studio in Nice, where he had recreated an "Oriental apartment" as a means of inspiration at this time. digital description: Throughout the 1920s, Henri Matisse repeatedly depicted a female model wearing the pair of striped pantaloons seen in this drawing. The sitter was likely Henriette Darricarrière, a young artist, musician, and performer who lived near his studio and wore her hair in the distinctive bob seen here. In the title of this work, like others from this period, Matisse referred to Darricarrière as an odalisque, suggesting his fascination with Morocco, where he had recently traveled. By setting his subject in a harem, the artist presented an invented and idealized vision of non-Western culture. wall description: The same model, Henriette Darricarrère, posed for Matisse in both of these drawings. Darricarrère was an accomplished violinist, a ballerina, and an artist who posed for Matisse in Nice on the French Riviera throughout the 1920s. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES