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Henri Matisse, Purple Robe and Anemones, 1937. Oil on canvas. The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland (BMA 1950.261). Photograph © The Baltimore Museum of Art. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Oil on canvas. The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland (BMA 1950.261). Photograph © The Baltimore Museum of Art. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Mimosa, 1949–51. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, mounted on canvas. Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, mounted on canvas. Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Interior with Egyptian Curtain, 1948. Oil on canvas. The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1950. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Oil on canvas. The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1950. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Matisse at home in front of his Egyptian curtain, Villa Le Reve, Vence, 1944. Gelatin silver print. © Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos.
Gelatin silver print. © Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos.

Henri Matisse, Reclining Odalisque, 1926. Oil on canvas. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876¬–1967), 1967 (67.187.82). © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Oil on canvas. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876¬–1967), 1967 (67.187.82). © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Self-Portrait, 1906. Oil on canvas. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Gift of Johannes Rump, 1928. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Oil on canvas. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Gift of Johannes Rump, 1928. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Maquette for red chasuble (back) designed for the Chapel of the Rosary of the Dominican Nuns of Vence, late 1950–52. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest 176.1953. Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Gouache on paper, cut and pasted. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest 176.1953. Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Goldfish and Sculpture, 1912. Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney 199.1955. Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney 199.1955. Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Purple Robe and Anemones, 1937. Oil on canvas. The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland (BMA 1950.261). Photograph © The Baltimore Museum of Art. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Oil on canvas. The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland (BMA 1950.261). Photograph © The Baltimore Museum of Art. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Mimosa, 1949–51. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, mounted on canvas. Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, mounted on canvas. Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Interior with Egyptian Curtain, 1948. Oil on canvas. The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1950. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Oil on canvas. The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1950. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Matisse at home in front of his Egyptian curtain, Villa Le Reve, Vence, 1944. Gelatin silver print. © Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos.
Gelatin silver print. © Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos.

Henri Matisse, Reclining Odalisque, 1926. Oil on canvas. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876¬–1967), 1967 (67.187.82). © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Oil on canvas. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876¬–1967), 1967 (67.187.82). © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Self-Portrait, 1906. Oil on canvas. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Gift of Johannes Rump, 1928. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Oil on canvas. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Gift of Johannes Rump, 1928. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Maquette for red chasuble (back) designed for the Chapel of the Rosary of the Dominican Nuns of Vence, late 1950–52. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest 176.1953. Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Gouache on paper, cut and pasted. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest 176.1953. Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, Goldfish and Sculpture, 1912. Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney 199.1955. Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney 199.1955. Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.