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Henri Matisse
Tea1919

On view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3
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
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
  • 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.