The Plumed Hat

1919

Henri Matisse

Artist, French, 1869 - 1954

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 47.7 x 38.1 cm (18 3/4 x 15 in.)
    framed: 65.9 x 58.1 x 5.7 cm (25 15/16 x 22 7/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.168

More About this Artwork

Verdant green fields roll in undulating waves back alongside a road in this horizontal landscape painting. The fields take up the left and center of the composition and are painted with thick, curling strokes of emerald, pea, and celery green, and corn yellow to suggest grasses and plants. The pale green road runs up along the right edge of the painting, and is layered with strokes and daubs in butter yellow, spring green, and faint blue. The fields and road meet the horizon line about halfway up the canvas, where an aquamarine-blue sky swirling with white and periwinkle-blue clouds fills the top half of the painting.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Carfax and Patterson, London), by 1920; Brandon Davis, South Africa and London; (Leicester Galleries, London); (Kraushaar Galleries, New York); sold 1925 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1928

  • Loan Exhibition of Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York, Wildenstein Galleries, 1928, no. 25

  • 100 Years of French Portraits from the Chester Dale Collection, Museum of French Art, New York, 1928, no. 17, as Mademoiselle X.

1931

  • Henri Matisse, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1931, no. 57.

  • Portraits of Women Loan Exhibition: Romanticism to Surrealism, Museum of French Art, New York, 1931, no. 25, as Portrait of Mlle. X.

1943

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 36

1952

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952, no. 36, repro.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

1986

  • Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986-1987, no. 64, repro.

2010

  • From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1928

  • "An Exhibition Stretching from Cezanne to Picasso." The New York Herald Tribune. (21 October 1928): 7:10, repro.

1929

  • Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 72, repro.

1943

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 36, repro.

1952

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 36, repro.

1960

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 38, repro.

1965

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 47, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 88.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 77, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 228, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 261, repro.

2004

  • Amano, Chika, ed. Henri Matisse: Processus, Variation. Exh. cat. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, 2004: 70, fig. 1.

2011

  • Wax, Emily. "Museums' Fine Art of Shielding Masterpieces." Washington Post (August 16, 2011): C-8, color repro.

  • Wax, Emily. “Woman Arrested After Incident at the National Gallery of Art.” Washington Post (August 13, 2011): C-2, color repro.

Inscriptions

upper right: Henri-Matisse

Wikidata ID

Q20192257

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