Henri Matisse

Marcelo Germán Fernández Anchorena and Hortensia González de Fernández Anchorena, Paris (commissioned from the artist in 1943 and until at least 1947)

Aimé and Marguerite Maeght, Paris (acquired by 1958)

Adrien Maeght, Paris (acquired by descent from the above and until 1985)

Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles (acquired from the above through Arnold Herstand, New York)

Acquired from the above on 25 June 1985 by the present owner

Paris, Galerie Maeght, Sur quatre murs, 1958

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, À la rencontre de Matisse, 1969, no. 25

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, 1980

Kunsthaus Zürich and Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Henri Matisse, 1982-83, pl. 88, illustrated in color (titled Léda)

Stockholm, Moderna Museet and Humblebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse, 1984-85, no. 71, p. 46 (Stockholm); no. 84, p. 60 (Humblebaek) (titled Léda)

Léon Degand, “Matisse à Paris,” Les Lettres françaises, vol. V, no. 76, 1945, pp. 1 and 4 (titled Léda)

“Matisse: His Work and Life in the Past Five Years,” Vogue, 1 May 1946, p. 156

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Matisse, His Art and His Public, New York, 1951, pp. 269-70; p. 493, illustrated (in progress); p. 529 (dated 1944-47)

Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Cleveland Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago and San Francisco Museum of Art, Henri Matisse, 1951-52, p. 8 (dated 1944-47)

Derrière le miroir, nos. 107-109, 1958, pp. 14-18

“«Sur quatre murs»,” Emporium: Rivista mensile illustrata d’arte e di cultura, vol. CXXVIII, no. 763, July 1958, p. 230; p. 231, illustrated (titled Leda)

Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse: 64 Paintings, 1966, p. 59

Alan Bowness, Matisse and the Nude, New York and Toronto, 1968, pl. 29, illustrated in color (dated 1945)

Exh. Cat., London, Hayward Gallery, Matisse 1869-1954, 1968, p. 52

Louis Aragon, Henri Matisse: A Novel, vol. I, New York, 1972, pl. XXXVI; pp. 282-85 and 349; p. 286, illustrated in color (titled Léda and dated 1945-46); vol. II, p. 305 (titled Leda and dated 1945)

Henri Matisse; Dominique Fourcade, ed., Henri Matisse: Écrits et propos sur l'art, Paris, 1971, p. 300 (titled Léda and dated 1944-45)

Jack D. Flam, ed., Matisse on Art, New York, 1973, pp. 103-04 and 169 (titled Léda and dated 1944-47)

John Hallmark Neff, Matisse and Decoration 1906-1914: Studies of the Ceramics and the Commissions for Paintings and Stained Glass, Dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1974, pp. 74-75, note 48

Pierre Schneider, Matisse, New York, 1984, p. 140; p. 151, illustrated in color; p. 308

Exh. Cat., Nice, Musée Matisse, Matisse Photographies, 1986, p. 134; p. 135, illustrated (in photograph of the artist’s studio) (titled Léda and dated 1945-46)

Exh. Cat., Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Nîmes, Musée des Beaux-Arts and Saint-Etienne, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Henri Matisse: Dessins collection du Musée Matisse, 1988-89, p. 166 (titled Anchorena (Leda) and dated 1945-46)

Maryse Vassevière, “Les personnages-parenthèses dans ‘Aurélien,’” Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France, vol. XC, no. 1, January-February 1990, p. 38 (titled Léda)

Lory Frankel and Ellen Rosefsky, eds., Bonnard/Matisse: Letters Between Friends, New York, 1992, p. 124

Sarah Wilson, Matisse, New York, 1992, no. 158, n.p., illustrated in color (dated 1944-45)

Exh. Cat., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Henri Matisse: Zeichnungen und Gouaches découpées, 1993-94, p. 27 

Kenneth E. Silver, “Matisse: A Symposium,” Art in America, May 1993, p. 85 

Christopher Alexander, A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets, New York, 1993, p. 12, illustrated in color (titled Leda)

Annelies Nelck, L'Olivier du rêve: Matisse à Vence, Témoignage, Paris, 1995, p. 107

Yvonne Brunhammer, André Arbus, Architecte-décorateur des années 40, Paris, 1996, p. 334; p. 336, illustrated (in 1958 photograph Aimé and Marguerite Maeght’s Paris residence)

Marcel Billot, ed., The Vence Chapel: The Archive of a Creation, Houston and Milan, 1999, p. 211

Exh. Cat., Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Matisse and Picasso: A Gentle Rivalry, 1999, p. 184 (titled Leda)

Hanne Finsen, ed., Matisse, Rouveyre: Correspondence, Paris, 2001, p. 300 (note 2)

Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art; London, Tate Modern and Paris, Grand Palais, Matisse—Picasso, 2002-03, pp. 382-83

Exh. Cat., Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Henri Matisse: Figur, Farbe, Raum, 2005-06, no. 216, p. 351, illustrated; p. 378 (in photograph of the artist’s studio) (titled Leda)

Alex Coles, DesignArt: On Art's Romance with Design, London, 2005, p. 82 (dated 1945-46)

Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954, New York, 2005, pp. 443 and 445

Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée du Luxembourg and Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Matisse: A Second Life, 2005, p. 246

Volkmar Essers, Henri Matisse 1869-1954: Master of Colour, Cologne, 2006, pp. 81 and 83; p. 82, illustrated in color (with incorrect dimensions)

Yoyo Maeght, The Maeght Family: A Passion for Modern Art, New York, 2007, p. 26, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., Nice, Musée Matisse, Henri Matisse, Vence, l’Espace d’un atelier: Nature morte aux grenades, 2007, pp. 71, 72 and 74; p. 75, illustrated (in photograph of the artist’s studio) (titled Léda)

Claudine Grammont, ed., Matisse-Marquet: Correspondance, 1898-1947, Lausanne, 2008, p. 164

José María Blázquez, Cristianismo y mitos clásicos en el arte moderno, Madrid, 2009, p. 69 (dated circa 1945) 

Exh. Cat., Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Musée Départemental Henri Matisse, Ils ont regardé Matisse: Une réception abstraite, États-Unis/Europe, 1948-1968, 2010, p. 214 (titled Léda)

Exh. Cat., Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, Matisse: Drawing Life, 2011, p. 314 (titled Léda)

Exh. Cat., Nice, Musée Matisse, Henri Matisse: Le Ciel découpé, 2012, p. 223 (titled Léda)

Exh. Cat., Paris, Centre Pompidou, Matisse: Paires et séries, 2012, fig. 2, p. 180, illustrated in color (titled Le Cygne and dated 1945-46)

Exh. Cat., Ferrara, Palazzo de Diamanti, Matisse, La Figura: La forza della linea, l’emozione del colore, 2014, p. 284

Claudine Grammont, ed., Tout Matisse, Paris, 2018, pp. 464-65 (dated 1943-46)

John Klein, Matisse and Decoration, New Haven, 2018, figs. 4.17 and 4.19-4.27; p. 104; p. 105, illustrated in color; p. 106; pp. 107-10, illustrated (in progress); pp. 111-13, 159-60 and 256 (notes 37, 39-41; 48, 54, 56 and 59)

Eckhard Hollmann, Matisse: Masters of Art, Munich, 2022, p. 88 

François Blondel, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint de Henri Matisse, Moëns, 2025, no. 46.006, p. 564, illustrated in color (titled Léda (triptyque) and dated 1943-46)