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Seated Nude [Small Light Woodcut]

Artist
Henri Matisse, French, 1869–1954
Date
1906
Material
Woodcut
Classification
Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 17 15/16 x 11 5/16 in. (45.5 x 28.7 cm)
Credit Line
The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
26:1967
NOTES
The curvaceous lines of a reclining woman contrast with the pattern of short strokes behind her. The work is one of four woodcuts produced by Henri Matisse in 1906, all of which illustrate nude figures. The sharp angles and lines in this example suggest the influence of the abstracted, planar forms of sub-Saharan African sculpture. Indeed, Matisse purchased his first African sculpture the same year he created this woodcut.
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