Still Life with a Chocolate Pot
Henri Matisse, French, 1869 - 1954
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
c. 1900Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
18 1/4 x 22inches (46.4 x 55.9cm) Framed: 27 x 30 3/4 x 4 inches (68.6 x 78.1 x 10.2 cm)Copyright:
© Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
1974-178-35Credit Line:
The Albert M. Greenfield and Elizabeth M. Greenfield Collection, 1974
Made in France, Europe
Date:
c. 1900Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
18 1/4 x 22inches (46.4 x 55.9cm) Framed: 27 x 30 3/4 x 4 inches (68.6 x 78.1 x 10.2 cm)Copyright:
© Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1974-178-35Credit Line:
The Albert M. Greenfield and Elizabeth M. Greenfield Collection, 1974
Label:
When Henri Matisse married Amélie Noellie Parayre in January 1898 the couple received a beautiful silver chocolate pot as a wedding present from the French artist Albert Marquet. Many of Matisse's still lifes of this period feature the silver pot, including this lively oil sketch, the earliest work by the artist in the Museum's collection. Matisse paid great attention to the three-dimensionality of the objects, as well as the effects of light and reflection, which imbue the chocolate pot, the orange, and the leather-bound book with a palpable sense of tangibility.
When Henri Matisse married Amélie Noellie Parayre in January 1898 the couple received a beautiful silver chocolate pot as a wedding present from the French artist Albert Marquet. Many of Matisse's still lifes of this period feature the silver pot, including this lively oil sketch, the earliest work by the artist in the Museum's collection. Matisse paid great attention to the three-dimensionality of the objects, as well as the effects of light and reflection, which imbue the chocolate pot, the orange, and the leather-bound book with a palpable sense of tangibility.