Henri Matisse

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired directly from the artist on 28 June 1918)

Gaston and Josse Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the above on 20 May 1931 and until at least September 1947)

Sam Salz, New York

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deutsch, Greenwich, Connecticut (acquired by 1951)

Sotheby’s, New York, 11 May 1994, lot 29 (consigned by the above)

Galerie Schmit, Paris (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired from the above in 1999 by the present owner

Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Henri Matisse, 1931, no. 70 (titled Les Poissons and dated 1921)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition, 1931, n. 57, p. 51

New York, The Guesthouse of John D. Rockefeller, III, Young Collectors: An Exhibition of Paintings Lent by the Junior Council of The Museum of Modern Art, 1954, no. 26 (titled Still Life with a Lemon and dated circa 1921)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse, 64 Paintings, 1966, no. 43, p. 42, illustrated (titled Still Life with a Lemon)

Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse, The Early Years in Nice, 1916-1930, 1986-87, no. 102, p. 308, pl. 116, illustrated

Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Henri Matisse—figure, couleur, espace, 2006

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Matisse, His Art and His Public, New York, 1951, pp. 230-31, illustrated in color

Clement Greenberg, Henri Matisse, New York, 1953, pl. 17, illustrated

Gaston Diehl, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1954, p. 77

René Huyghe, Henri Matisse, Paris, 1954, pl. 17, illustrated

Lars-Eric Astrom, Henri Matisse, Stockholm, 1955, pl. 17 

Pierre Lübecker, Henri Matisse, Copenhagen, 1955, pl. 17

Mario Luzi and Massimo Carrà, L’opera di Matisse, dalla rivolta fauve’ all 'intimismo,’ 1904-1928, Milan, 1971, no. 335, pl. 100, illustrated

Pierre Schneider, Massimo Carrà and Xavier Derying, Tout l’oeuvre peint de Matisse, 1904-1928, Paris, 1982, no. 355, illustrated

Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Henri Matisse chez Bernheim-Jeune, vol. I, Paris, 1995, no. 227, pp. 650-51, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Matisse, 1917-1941, 2009, no. 20, illustrated in color