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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954.)

Gourds [Les coloquintes]. (1915–16; dated 1916)

Oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 31 7/8" (65.1 x 80.9 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

109.35

Other works by this artist


Provenance:

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris. February 26 - March 17, 1917
Léonce Rosenberg, Paris. March 17, 1917
Paul Guillaume, Paris. By 1926
Léonide Massine. By 1931 – 1935
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York. Purchased from Massine, on behalf of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr., New York. (March 1935)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 1935
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. September 1947
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Repurchased with Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund, October 1952

Alternate title:

La nature morte (noir et blanc)

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