The Art Institute of Chicago Henri Matisse's "Bathers by a River" Author(s): Catherine C. Bock Source: Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1, Aspects of Modern Art at the Art Institute: The Artist, The Patron, The Public (1990), pp. 44-55+92-93 Published by: The Art Institute of Chicago Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4101568 Accessed: 20-06-2019 15:53 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms The Art Institute of Chicago is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies This content downloaded from 198.40.29.65 on Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:53:03 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms FIGURE I. Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954). Bathers by a River, 1910-I6. Oil on canvas; 261.6 x 391.2 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary E S. Worcester Collection (1953.158). Originally this painting was to be part of the ensemble that included Dance II (fig. 7, p. 32) and Music (fig. 8, p. 33), which the Russian collector Sergei I.