Profile of a Child (Marguerite)
Sculptor: Matisse, Henri
Bronze, cast, supported on a polished black marble stand. Rectangular with the head of Margeurite in profile to right.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2001) by Whitbread, Humphrey
20th Century, Early
Production date:
AD 1903
Marguerite (the model for this bust) was the daughter of Matisse’s model and mistress, Camille. She was born on 31 August 1894 in the workhouse lying-hospital at 89 rue d’Assas, Paris. After Matisse’s marriage in 1898 to Amélie Parayre, the latter became very attached to Margeurite, and eventually took her in and brought her up with her own children.
Matisse is remembered by most people as a painter, but sculpture was an important aspect of his work. The majority of his sculpture was conceived between 1900 and 1909, but was not cast in bronze until towards the end of his life, or posthumously. The bronzes were cast mainly by the founders, C. Valsuani or A. Bingen-Costenoble of Paris. In the second decade of the century Matisse concentrated on painting but included representations of sculpture in about twenty of his interior views and still lifes. In the mid-1920s he returned to creative sculpture of human figures, creating many more between then and about 1932, but only three between the end of the 1930s and his death.
Stand
composed of
black marble
Profile
composed of
bronze
Sculpture
Depth 2.5 cm
Height 12.8 cm
Width 9.4 cm
Bronze
Height 12.5 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Mount
Height 16 cm
Width 12 cm
Casting (process)
: Bronze, cast and patinated brown
Patinating
Inscription present: this was incised into the original model
Accession number: M.2-2001
Primary reference Number: 20891
Entry form number: CAM_CCF_M_2_2001
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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