The Geranium

Berlin, Paul Cassirer, X. Jahrgang, 1907/1908, September/October: I. Ausstellung, Sept. 30–Oct. 18, 1907, cat. 86, as Geranium. Moscow, Zolotoe runo/Toison d’Or, Salon Zolotogo Runa: Salon de La Toison d’Or, Apr. 18–May 24, 1908, no cat. Probably Berlin, Paul Cassirer, V. Ausstellung: Henri Matisse, Jan. 1–20, 1909, cat. 18, as Stilleben. Berlin, Ausstellungshaus am Kurfürstendamm, 26. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Spring 1913, cat. 201, as Geranium. Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Exhibition of French Painting of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Mar. 6–Apr. 6, 1929, cat. 61, pl. 51, as Still Life. Cleveland Museum of Art, Autumn Flower Show: The Flower in Art, Nov. 1–Dec. 1, 1935, no cat. Cleveland Museum of Art, Exhibition of Paintings by Matisse, Nov. 10–Dec. 18, 1938, no cat. Baltimore Museum of Art, Modern Painting Isms and How They Grew, Jan. 12–Feb. 11, 1940, no cat. no., as Still Life, Geraniums. Los Angeles County Museum, Aspects of French Painting from Cézanne to Picasso, Jan. 15–Mar. 2, 1941, no. 28 (ill.), as Still Life: Geranium Plant, Fruit. New York, Marie Harriman Gallery, Les Fauves, Oct. 20–Nov. 22, 1941, cat. 4, as Nature Morte au Geranium, circa 1906. Decatur [IL] Art Center, Masterpieces of European and American Art Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 4–25, 1945, cat. 10, as Still Life with Geranium Plant; Springfield, IL, Art Association, Apr. 4–30, 1945, cat. 10, as Still Life with Geranium Plant. Milwaukee Art Institute, Flower Paintings, Sept. 6–Oct. 2, 1945, cat. 22, as Still Life with Geraniums. Art Institute of Chicago, The Winterbotham Collection, May 23–June 22, 1947, as Still Life with Geranium, 1905. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Henri Matisse: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Apr. 3–May 10, 1948, cat. 19 (ill.), as Still Life–Geranium Plant, Fruit, 1908. Saginaw [Mich.] Museum, Exhibition of Nineteenth Century French Painting at the Saginaw Museum, Dec. 19, 1948–Jan. 9, 1949, cat. 18, as Still Life with Geranium. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas State Fair, The Winterbotham Collection of Twentieth Century European Paintings, Oct. 8–Nov. 6, 1949, no cat. New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Les Fauves, Nov. 13–Dec. 23, 1950, cat. 32, as Geranium Plant, Fruit, 1908. New York, Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse, Nov. 13, 1951–Jan. 13, 1952, cat. 14 (ill.), as Still Life–Geranium Plant, Fruit on Table, (1906); Cleveland Museum of Art, Feb. 5–Mar. 16, 1952; Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 1–May 4, 1952; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 22–July 6, 1952. Denver Art Museum, Schleier Gallery, 10 × 10: Ten Directions by Ten Artists, Jan. 7–Feb. 14, 1954, cat. 37, as Still Life, 1906. Arts Club of Chicago, Les Fauves, Jan. 10–Feb. 15, 1956, cat. 12, as Still Life: Geranium Plant, Fruit on the Table, 1906. Omaha, NE, Joslyn Art Museum, Notable Paintings from Midwestern Collections, Nov. 30, 1956–Jan. 2, 1957, no cat. no., as Still Life: Geranium Plant, Fruit on Table. Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, Henri Matisse Retrospective 1966, Jan. 5–Feb. 27, 1966, cat. 23 (ill.), as Still Life with Geranium Plant and Fruit/Nature morte au géranium, (1906); Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 11–Apr. 24, 1966; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, May 11–June 26, 1966. London, Hayward Gallery, Matisse, 1869–1954: A Retrospective Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, July 11–Sept. 8, 1968, cat. 36 (ill.), as Still Life with Geranium Plant and Fruit, 1906. Paris, Grand Palais, Henri Matisse: Exposition du centenaire, Apr. 21–Sept. 21, 1970, cat. 83 (ill.), as Nature morte au pelargonium (Nature morte au géranium), 1906. Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, Shikisai no shōri: Machisu to yajūha ten [Triumph of Color: Matisse and the Fauves Exhibition]/Exposition: Les Fauves, Aug. 15–Sept. 25, 1974, cat. 47 (ill.), as Nature morte au geranium et aux fruits, 1906; Osaka, Galeries Seibu Takatsuki, Nov. 15–Dec. 8, 1974, cat. 47 (ill.), as Kudamono to zeraniumu no aru seibutsu [果物とゼラニウムのある静物]/Nature morte au géranium et aux fruits, 1906; Fukuoka, Prefectural Culture Center, Nov. 5–30, 1974. Zurich, Kunsthaus, Henri Matisse, Oct. 15, 1982–Jan. 16, 1983, cat. 21 (ill.), as Nature morte au géranium, um 1907; Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Jan. 29–Apr. 4, 1983. New York, Museum of Modern Art, Henri Matisse: A Retrospective, Sept. 24, 1992–Jan. 12, 1993, pl. 79, as Still Life with a Geranium/Nature morte au pélargonium [Le géranium], [Collioure, summer 1906]. Nagaoka, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Shikago Bijutsukan-ten: Kindai kaiga no 100-nen [100 Years of Modern Painting: Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition]/Masterworks of Modern Art from the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 20–May 29, 1994, cat. 21 (ill.), as Zeraniumu [The Geranium, 1906]; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10–July 24, 1994; Yokohama Museum of Art, Aug. 6–Sept. 25, 1994. Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, Matisse: Painter as Sculptor, Jan. 21–Apr. 29, 2007, cat. 29 (ills.), as Still Life with a Geranium, 1906; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9–Sept. 16, 2007; Baltimore Museum of Art, Oct. 28, 2007–Feb. 3, 2008. Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 6, 2013–Feb. 16, 2014, no cat. no. (ill.), as The Geranium, Fall 1906. Mannheim, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Inspiration Matisse, Sep. 27, 2019–Jan. 19, 2020, cat. 71, as Le Géranium. New York City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vertigo of Color: Matisse Derain and the Origins of Fauvism, Oct. 11, 2023–Jan. 21, 2024, cat. 64; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Feb. 25, 2024–May 27, 2024. Riehen, Switzerland, Fondation Beyeler, Matisse - Invitation to the Voyage, Sept. 22, 2024-Jan. 26, 2025, no cat. no. The Art Institute of Chicago, Matisse’s Jazz: Rhythms in Color, Mar. 7–June 1, 2026, no cat.