How to read a Matisse

"There are these gorgeous, sublime images, but there's also a sense of worry."

"There are these gorgeous, sublime images, but there's also a sense of worry."

Curator Rebecca Rabinow on "Jazz," an illustrated book by Henri Matisse.

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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Each episode is interpreted by a Museum photographer.

Photography by Anne-Marie Kellen

© 2013 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Rebecca Rabinow
Former Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Curator in Charge of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center

A collage of blurred images depicts people in various settings, with groups standing near structures and rocky landscapes. The mood is contemplative and somber.
I wept thinking of the many treks around prison rec yards I’d made with men whose crimes would never be forgiven, for whom freedom sometimes felt as unlikely as sainthood.
Reginald Dwayne Betts
June 24
Two women in opulent dress and jewelry sit facing each other on a patterned carpet
Shimmering jewels in Pahari School paintings.
Olivia Dill and Marina Ruiz Molina
May 27
Four mannequins display vibrant fashion in a showroom. Outfits include red satin, yellow silk, blue sequins, and green sequined pants, creating a bold and stylish atmosphere.
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Monica L. Miller and Andrew Bolton
May 22
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Jazz, Henri Matisse  French, Pochoir
Multiple artists/makers
1947