- Title
- Jeannette IV
- Date Made
- 1910 or 1911
- Medium
- Bronze, cast number 4/10
- Dimensions
- 24 × 11 × 11 in. (60.96 × 27.94 × 27.94 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.68.48.2
- Collecting Area
- Modern Art
- Curatorial Notes
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.
- Selected Bibliography
- Mezzatesta, Michael P. Henri Matisse, Sculptor/Painter: a Formal Analysis of Selected Works. Fort Worth, TX: Kimbell Art Museum, 1984
