Olive Grove in Collioure
Currently on view
Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954), 1905
oil, pencil and ink on canvas, 46 cm x 55 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij, the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association (with the additional support from its Van Rijn Fonds, its Liesbeth van Dorp Fonds, its Fabritius Fonds and its Claude Monet Fonds) and the members of The Yellow House Circle)
- Object number
- s0555S2024
- Dimensions
- 46 cm x 55 cm, 64.9 cm x 74.3 cm, 7.6 cm
- Provenance
- After the death of the artist on 3 November 1954 bequeathed to his heirs; sold by the artist’s son, Jean Matisse to Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1965; sold by Galerie Beyeler to Pietra Campili, 1965; consigned by Pietra Campili to auction Sotheby’s (Impressionist & Modern Art Part One), lot 11, purchased by Joseph Hackmey for GBP 2.203.500, 26 June 2001; consigned by Joseph Hackmey to auction London, Christie’s (Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale), lot 29B, purchased by a private collector for GBP 3.008.750, 20 June 2018; sold by this private collector, through Clore Wyndham Fine Art, London to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 12 September 2024.
- artist
- Henri Matisse
- Credits
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij, the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association (with the additional support from its Van Rijn Fonds, its Liesbeth van Dorp Fonds, its Fabritius Fonds and its Claude Monet Fonds) and the members of The Yellow House Circle)
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the origins of Fauvism, 25 February-27 May 2024
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the origins of Fauvism, 13 October 2023-21 January 2024
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Les Fauves, no. 99
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Exposition Henri Matisse, Peintures, dessins, gouaches, sculptures, gravures, July-September 1961, no. 5
Luzern, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Henri Matisse, July-October 1949, no. 32
Amory, Dita, Dumas, Ann, Duvernois, Isabelle, Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle, Vertigo of Color : Matisse, Derain, and the origins of Fauvism, New York, 2023, p. 42
Aagesen, Dorthe, Rabinow, R., D'Alessandro, S., Debray, Cécile, Matisse : in search of true painting, New Haven, 2012, p. 4
Matamoros, J., Szymusiak, Dominique, Matisse - Derain : Collioure 1905 : un été fauve, Paris, 2005, p. 181
Labrusse, Rémi, Matisse-Derain, la vérité du fauvisme, Paris, 2005, pp. 29, 34, 37, 92, 200
Elderfield, John, Henri Matisse : a retrospective, New York, 1992, p. 53
Flam, Jack, Matisse : the man and his art 1869-1918, London, 1986, pp. 124-125, 127
Marchiori, Giuseppe, Matisse, Paris, 1967, pp. 15, 133
Barr, Alfred Hamilton (jr.), Matisse : his art and his public, New York, [1951], p. 318