Matisse in Transition: Around Laurette
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART: January 28 - April 16, 2006
The Italian Woman (L'Italienne), 1916. Oil on canvas, 45 15/16 by 35 ¼ inches. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York By exchange, 1982 © 2005 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Matisse in Transition: Around Laurette is the first in-depth examination of this fascinating period of the artist's career-1916 to 1919-when he began to paint in series. This dossier exhibition will examine two of the major works in the collections of the Norton and the Guggenheim: Laurette with Long Locks, 1916 and The Italian Woman, 1916, as well as numerous other examples from among the many studies and more formal portraits of Laurette (whose surname is unknown). ...
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