Girl by a Window

Henri Matisse

1921 · Oil on canvas · Modern and Contemporary Art

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.

Artist

Henri Matisse

Date

1921

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Alice Albright Arlen, in honor of her mother, Josephine Patterson Albright, 1994