Henri Matisse / The Windshield, On the Road to Villacoublay / 1917

Henri Matisse
The Windshield, On the Road to Villacoublay
1917
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Creator Name: Matisse, Henri
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1869 - 1954
Gender: M
Creator Birth Place: Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Creator Death Place: Nice
Creator Name-CRT: Henri Matisse
Title: The Windshield, On the Road to Villacoublay
Title Type: Primary
Title: Le parebrise, Sur la route de Villacoublay
Title Type: Foreign
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1917
Creation End Date: 1917
Creation Date: 1917
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 58cm x 75cm x 7cm, Unframed: 38.2cm x 55.2cm
Inscriptions: Signed upper right: "Henri-Matisse"
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1972.225
Credit Line: Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride in memory of John Harris McBride II
Copyright: ? Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Rights: http://www.arsny.com
Provenance: Sold through Bernheim-Jeune to Adrien Hébrard, 1917; Mrs. R. A. Workman, London (1924); (Kraushaar, 1929, sold to donor in 1941)
Context: According to the artist's son, Pierre Matisse, this canvas was painted in the summer of 1917 on the road to Villacoublay, a semi-military airport just outside of Paris. Around 5:00 in the evening, Pierre was chauffeuring his father in an old Renault when the elder Matisse hit upon the idea of painting a view of the road from inside the car. The affair proved more difficult than anticipated. Buses and cars zooming to and from the airport forced the artist to paint with the windows closed, and vibrations from the traffic constantly rocked the Renault back and forth on its well-worn springs. Despite these inconveniences, Matisse produced a charming and novel picture referring to life in the modern automobile age.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1972.225
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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