About the Artwork
Poppies
ca. 1919
Henri Matisse
1869-1954
French
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 39 5/8 × 32 inches (100.6 × 81.3 cm) Framed: 47 5/8 × 40 1/4 × 3 5/8 inches (121 × 102.2 × 9.2 cm)
Paintings
European Modern Art to 1970
Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill
70.175
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Markings
Signed, lower right: Henri-Matisse
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Provenance
George Bernheim (Paris, France)
Mme. Edouard Jonas (New York, New York, USA). Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)
1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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L'Art Vivant. 1929, p. 128.
Apollo. 1930, p. 272 (ill.). [as "Fleurs"]
Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1931, no. 47 (ill.).
A Century of Progress. Exh. cat., Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 1933, no, 395.
Romm, A. Matisse. New York, 1947, p. 97 (ill.).
Salinger, M. "Flowers" New York, 1949, pp. 23, 27 (pl. 34). [as "Vase with Poppies]
Barr, A.H., Jr. Matisse and his Public. New York, 1951, pp. 207, 544.
Myers, Bernard S. Modern Art in the Making. New York, 1959, p. 287 (pl. 143).
The Robert Hudson Tannahill Bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1970, front cover (ill.), pp. 10 (ill.), 11, 19, 29.
Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Bunkamura Museum of Art. Tokyo, 1989, no. 80 (ill.).
Turner, Caroline and Roger Benjamin, eds. Matisse. Exh. cat., Queensland Art Gallery and Art Exhibitions Australia Limited. Queensland, 1995, pp. 207-208 (ill.).
Matisse: 1917-1941. Exh. cat., Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Madrid, 2009, pp. 65-73, 77, 231, no. 21.
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Henri Matisse, Poppies, ca. 1919, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.175.
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