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Selected Highlights

Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Still Life with Compote and Fruit, 1899
Oil on canvas; 18 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (46 x 55.6 cm)
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney M. Shoenberg, Jr., 1962
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Still Life with Compote, Apples, and Oranges, 1899
Oil on canvas; 18 1/4 x 21 7/8 in. (46.4 x 55.6 cm)
The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
The Gulf of Saint-Tropez, 1904
Oil on canvas; 25 5/8 x 19 7/8 in. (65.1 x 50.5 cm)
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Luxe, calme, et volupté, 1904
Oil on canvas; 38 3/4 x 46 5/8 in. (98.5 x 118.5 cm)
Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Gift in lieu of estate taxes, 1982. On extended loan to the Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Still Life with Purro I, 1904
Oil on canvas; 23 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. (59 x 72.4 cm)
Private collection
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Still Life with Purro II, 1904–5
Oil on canvas; 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Private collection
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Young Sailor I, 1906
Oil on canvas; 39 1/4 x 32 in. (99.7 x 81.3 cm)
Collection of Sheldon H. Solow
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Young Sailor II, 1906
Oil on canvas; 39 7/8 x 32 5/8 in. (101.3 x 82.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998 (1999.363.41)
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Le Luxe I, 1907
Oil on canvas; 82 11/16 x 54 5/16 in. (210 x 138 cm)
Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Purchase, 1945
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Drawing for "Le Luxe," 1907
Charcoal, squared for transfer, on paper mounted to canvas; 88 9/16 x 53 15/16 in. (225 x 137 cm)
Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Gift of Marguerite Duthuit, 1976
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Le Luxe II, 1907–8
Distemper on canvas; 82 1/2 x 54 3/4 in. (209.5 x 138 cm)
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, J. Rump Collection
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Seated Nude, 1909
Oil on canvas; 45 9/16 x 35 1/16 in. (115.7 x 89 cm)
Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, New York
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Nude with a White Scarf, 1909
Oil on canvas; 45 7/8 x 35 1/16 in. (116.5 x 89 cm)
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, J. Rump Collection
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Nasturtiums with the Painting "Dance" I, 1912
Oil on canvas; 75 1/2 x 45 3/8 in. (191.8 x 115.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.16)
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Notre-Dame, ca. 1900
Oil on canvas; 18 1/8 x 14 3/4 in. (46 x 37.5 cm)
Tate: Purchased 1949
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Notre-Dame, 1914
Oil on canvas; 57 7/8 x 38 9/16 in. (147 x 98 cm)
Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Dübi-Müller-Stiftung, Switzerland
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Notre-Dame, 1914
Oil on canvas; 58 x 37 1/8 in. (147.3 x 94.3 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, and the Henry Ittleson, A. Conger Goodyear, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sinclair Funds, and the Anna Erickson Levene Bequest given in memory of her husband, Dr. Phoebus Aaron Theodor Levene, 1975
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Interior with Goldfish, 1914
Oil on canvas; 57 7/8 x 38 3/16 in. (147 x 97 cm)
Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Bequest of Baronne Eva Gourgaud, 1965
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Goldfish and Palette, 1914
Oil on canvas; 57 3/4 x 44 1/4 in. (146.5 x 112.4 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift and bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx, 1964
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Goldfish, 1912
Oil on canvas; 32 5/16 x 36 13/16 in. (82 x 93.5 cm)
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, J. Rump Collection
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Sculpture and Vase of Ivy, 1916
Oil on canvas; 23 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. (60 x 73 cm)
Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Gift of Adèle and George Besson, 1963. On extended loan to the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, Besançon
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Sculpture and Vase of Ivy, 1916–17
Oil on canvas; 28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (73 x 92 cm)
Tikanoja Art Museum, Vaasa, Finland
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Bowl of Apples on a Table, 1916
Oil on canvas; 45 1/4 x 35 1/4 in. (114.9 x 89.5 cm)
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Apples, 1916
Oil on canvas; 46 x 35 in. (116.8 x 88.9 cm)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Florene May Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Laurette in a Green Robe, Black Background, 1916
Oil on canvas; 28 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (73 x 54.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998 (1999.363.43)
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Laurette Seated on a Pink Armchair, 1916–17
Oil on canvas; 39 3/8 x 28 3/4 in. (100 x 73 cm)
Private collection
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Meditation (Portrait of Laurette), 1916–17
Oil on canvas; 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (49.5 x 34.3 cm)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Gift of Miss Ima Hogg
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Interior at Nice (Room at the Hôtel Beau-Rivage), 1918
Oil on canvas; 29 x 23 3/4 in. (73.7 x 60.3 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, A.E. Gallatin Collection, 1952
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Interior with a Violin (Room at the Hôtel Beau-Rivage), 1918
Oil on canvas; 45 11/16 x 35 1/16 in. (116 x 89 cm)
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, J. Rump Collection
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Interior at Nice (Room at the Hôtel Méditerranée), ca. 1919
Oil on canvas; 26 1/4 x 21 5/8 in. (66.7 x 54.9 cm)
Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Woman on a Divan (Room at the Hôtel Méditerranée), 1920–21
Oil on canvas; 23 11/16 x 28 7/8 in. (60.2 x 73.4 cm)
Kunstmuseum Basel, Bequest of Dr. h. c. Richard Doetsch-Benzinger, Basel, 1960
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Left:
Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
The Large Blue Dress, 1937
Oil on canvas; 36 1/2 x 29 in. (92.7 x 73.7 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John Wintersteen, 1956
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Right:
Matossian
Photograph documenting Henri Matisse's process of painting The Large Blue Dress, 1937
February 26, 1937
Photograph; 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (14.6 x 11.4 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Henry McIlhenny Papers
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Left:
Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
The Dream, 1940
Oil on canvas; 31 7/8 x 25 9/16 in. (81 x 65 cm)
Private collection
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Right:
Reprint of archival photograph documenting Henri Matisse's process of painting The Dream, 1940
January 7, 1940
Reprint of archival photograph; 23 1/4 x 18 5/8 in. (59 x 47.4 cm)
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Still Life with Magnolia, 1941
Oil on canvas; 29 1/8 x 39 3/4 in. (74 x 101 cm)
Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Purchase, 1945
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Interior in Yellow and Blue, 1946
Oil on canvas; 45 11/16 x 31 7/8 in. (116 x 81 cm)
Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, State purchase, 1947
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Interior in Venetian Red, 1946
Oil on canvas; 36 1/4 x 25 9/16 in. (92 x 65 cm)
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Large Red Interior, 1948
Oil on canvas; 57 1/2 x 38 3/16 in. (146 x 97 cm)
Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, State purchase, 1950
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Interior with an Egyptian Curtain, 1948
Oil on canvas; 45 3/4 x 35 1/8 in. (116.2 x 89.2 cm)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Interior with Black Fern, 1948
Oil on canvas; 45 11/16 x 35 1/16 in. (116 x 89 cm)
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
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