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Henri Matisse
Tea1919

On view: BCAM 3rd FloorModern Art
Oil painting of two pale-skinned women seated in mint-green garden chairs at a cloth-draped table, with a large dog resting on the ground, surrounded by dense green foliage and tree trunks

Henri Matisse, Tea, 1919, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bequest of David L. Loew in memory of his father, Marcus Loew, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Henri Matisse
France, 1869-1954
Title
Tea
Place Made
France
Date Made
1919
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
55 1/4 × 83 3/16 in. (140.34 × 211.3 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of David L. Loew in memory of his father, Marcus Loew
Accession Number
M.74.52.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1869-1954), Paris; [sold on consignment in 1920 to; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, between May 18-July 30, 1920]; [sold in 1920 to Paul Ebstein, Paris ] ; sold in 1925 to Michael (1865-1938) and Sarah (1870-1953) Stein, Paris and Palo Alto, CA; [sold in 1951 to Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles]; sold in 1954 to David L. Loew (1897-1973), Beverly Hills; bequeathed in 1974 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Lamberti, Maria Mimita. Lionello Venturi e la Pittura a Torino. Torino: Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio de Torino, 2000.
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • Price, Lorna. Masterpieces from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Groom, Gloria. Beyond the Easel: Decorative Painting by Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, and Roussel, 1890-1930. Chicago; New Haven: The Art Institute of Chicago; Yale University Press, 2001.
  • Klein, John. Matisse Portraits. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2001.
  • Matisse 1869-1954: a Retrospective Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1968.
  • Schneider, Pierre, Massimo Carrà, and Xavier Deryng. Tout l'œuvre peint de Matisse, 1904-1928. Paris: Flammarion, 1982.
  • Matisse et Marguerite: Le Regard d'un Père. Paris: Paris Museés, 2025.
Copyright
© Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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