Seated Female Nude with Arms Overhead
| Artist | Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954) |
|---|---|
| Title | Seated Female Nude with Arms Overhead (Nu assis, bras sur la tête) |
| Date | 1904 (cast 1951) |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Dimensions | Base: 1 15/16 × 5 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (4.9 × 14.6 × 19.1 cm) Overall: 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | James S. Adams Collection, Elizabeth G. Adams Bequest, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 81.31.13 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
A bronze statue of a nude woman seated with one leg crossed over the other and her arms stretched up behind her head. The modeling of the figure is very rough and impressionistic.
This small sculpture, with its roughly modeled, impressionistic surface, reflects the influence of sculptors, such as Rodin, whose work Matisse studied in the late 1890s. It was produced around the same time as Matisse's first prints, which include a half dozen sketches of the nude. These early "Fauve" prints often had more in common with Matisse's sculptures than his paintings and shared their somewhat asexual, bulky representative of the female form.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Seated Female Nude with Arms Overhead | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=81.31.13