Henri Matisse / Interior with an Etruscan Vase / 1940

Henri Matisse
Interior with an Etruscan Vase
1940
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Creator Name: Matisse, Henri
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1869 - 1954
Creator Name-CRT: Henri Matisse
Title: Interior with an Etruscan Vase
Title Type: Primary
Title: Intérieur au vase étrusque
Title Type: Foreign
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1940
Creation End Date: 1940
Creation Date: 1940
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 102.23cm x 129.54cm x 12.07cm, Unframed: 73.7cm x 108cm
Inscriptions: Signed lower right: 'Henri Matisse 40'
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1952.153
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanna Fund
Copyright: ? Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Rights: http://www.arsny.com
Provenance: Leigh Block, Chicago; (Pierre Matisse, New York)
Context: 'I have always tried,' wrote Henri Matisse, 'to hide my own efforts and wished my works to have the lightness and joyousness of a springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost.' That aim is perfectly realized in this canvas, which Matisse painted in Nice during the early years of World War II. As such, it is a remarkable testimony to Matisse's dedication to the Fauvist principle of liberating color from nature. To anchor the explosive colors of vase and draperies, Matisse altered the hue of the wooden table, painting it a neutral black.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1952.153
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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