Girl by a Window
Henriette Darricarrère, a dancer and musician in Nice, posed for Matisse from 1920 until her marriage seven years later. He painted several versions of this composition, in which Henriette stands beside his hotel window, looking out towards the promenade des Anglais and the baie des Anges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Girl by a Window
- Artist: Henri Matisse (French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869–1954 Nice)
- Date: 1921
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 18 3/8 × 21 3/4 in. (46.7 × 55.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Alice Albright Arlen, in honor of her mother, Josephine Patterson Albright, 1994
- Object Number: 1994.545
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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