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Unclogging the eye: Matisse, the ‘Joy of life’ and ‘Japonisme’
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1222–1229
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Author:
Holland, Nicole M. (Holland, Nicole M.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Stein, Gertrude / Stein, Leo / Barnes, Albert C.
dates:
1900-1909
styles:
Fauvism
subjects:
French painting / Japanese prints / Japonisme / Collecting
works:
Matisse, Henri / Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1864
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. La Japonaise: woman beside the water, Collioure, by Henri Matisse. 1905. Oil and pencil on canvas, 35 by 28 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS, London; Photo Scala Florence; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Joy of life, by Henri Matisse. 1905–06. Oil on canvas, 176.5 by 240.7 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS, London; Bridgeman Images; Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
Attributed works:
3. French painter Henri Matisse at his home, villa ‘Le Rêve’, by Henri Cartier-Bresson. February 1944. Photograph. (© Henri Cartier-Bresson; Magnum Photos).
Attributed works:
4. Paris: les bouquinistes, le long des quais, by Yvon. c.1945. Photograph, 22.2 by 27.3 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Luxe, calme et volupté, by Henri Matisse. 1904. Oil on canvas, 98 by 112 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS, London; RMN-Grand Palais; Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France).
Attributed works:
6. Memorial portrait of Utagawa Kunisada, by Kunisada II (Toyokuni IV). 1865. Colour woodblock print, 37.2 by 25.4 cm. (Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
7. Goten’yama, from the series One hundred beautiful women at famous places in Edo, by Utagawa Kunisada. 1858. Ink and colour on paper, 37 by 25.1 cm. (Tokyo Metro Library).
Attributed works:
8. The dessert: harmony in red (the red room), by Henri Matisse. 1908. Oil on canvas, 180 by 220 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS London; State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).