Henri Matisse
Photographic documentation
of 22 progressive states of
Large Reclining Nude, 1935

State I, May 3, 1935,
CP.30.6.1
State II, May 10, 1935,
CP.30.6.2
State III, May 16, 1935,
CP.30.6.3
State IV, May 19, 1935,
CP.30.6.4
State V, May 20, 1935,
CP.30.6.5
State VI, May 23, 1935,
CP.30.6.6
State VII, May 25, 1935,
CP.30.6.7
State VIII, May 28, 1935,
CP.30.6.8
State IX, May 29, 1935,
CP.30.6.9
State X, June 4, 1935,
CP.30.6.10
State XI, June 20, 1935,
CP.30.6.11
State XII, August 20, 1935,
CP.30.6.12
State XIII, September 4,
1935, CP.30.6.13
State XIV, September 6,
1935, CP.30.6.14
State XV, September 7,
1935, CP.30.6.15
State XVI, September 11,
1935, CP.30.6.16
State XVII, September 14,
1935, CP.30.6.17
State XVIII, September 15,
1935, CP.30.6.18
State XIX, September 17,
1935, CP.30.6.19
State XX, October 12, 1935,
CP.30.6.20
State XXI, October 16, 1935,
CP.30.6.21
State XXII, October 30, 1935,
CP.30.6.22

The Baltimore Museum of
Art: Dr. Claribel and Miss
Etta Cone Papers, Archives
and Manuscripts Collections
© 2011 Succession H. Matisse
/ Artists Rights Society (ARS),
New York

Photographs sent by the
artist to Etta Cone.
States I-XIX sent
September 19, 1935;
states XX-XXII
sent November 16, 1935.


Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Large Reclining Nude,
1935
Oil on canvas
26 x 36 1/2 in.
(66 x 92.7 cm)
The Baltimore Museum of
Art: The Cone Collection,
formed by Dr. Claribel and
Miss Etta Cone of
Baltimore, Maryland,
BMA 1950.258
© 2011 Succession H. Matisse
/ Artists Rights Society (ARS),
New York
Purchased by Etta Cone,
summer or fall 1936

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