Jeannette II

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Jeannette II

France, 1910
Sculpture
Bronze, cast number 5/10
10 1/2 × 12 × 11 in. (26.67 × 30.48 × 27.94 cm) With Base: 24 1/2 in. (62.23 cm)
Gift of the Art Museum Council in memory of Penelope Rigby (68.3.2)
Modern Art
Currently on public view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3

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Label

Although Jeannette I–V were not created in a series, together the five heads provide an extraordinary illustration of the arc of modern sculpture from the late nineteenth into the twentieth cen...
Although Jeannette I–V were not created in a series, together the five heads provide an extraordinary illustration of the arc of modern sculpture from the late nineteenth into the twentieth century. Henri Matisse created Jeannette I and II directly from the model, Jeanne Vaderin. The two sculptures served as the basis for the subsequent three bronzes, which are increasingly androgynous and abstract; the base is integrated into a volumetric whole, emphasizing the process of creation, the materiality of the object, and the expressive properties of clay and bronze. LACMA’s full set is one of only four in a public collection.

Wall label, 2021.
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Bibliography

  • Mezzatesta, Michael P. Henri Matisse, Sculptor/Painter: a Formal Analysis of Selected Works. Fort Worth, TX: Kimbell Art Museum, 1984
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • Mezzatesta, Michael P. Henri Matisse, Sculptor/Painter: a Formal Analysis of Selected Works. Fort Worth, TX: Kimbell Art Museum, 1984
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.

  • Müller-Tamm, Pia, ed. Henri Matisse: Figur, Farbe, Raum. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005.

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