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1961; closing year unconfirmed
Exhibition
Paris
1961; closing year unconfirmed
In 1961, Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris presented Henri Matisse: Les grandes gouaches découpées. The surviving exhibition history documents La Négresse by Henri Matisse as catalogue 12. This painting is dated 1952; its recorded medium is paper collage on canvas. The surviving exhibition history documents Large Decoration with Masks by Henri Matisse as catalogue 33. This painting is dated 1953; its recorded medium is gouache on paper, cut and pasted on white paper, mounted on canvas. The surviving exhibition history documents Beasts of the Sea by Henri Matisse as catalogue 7. This painting is dated 1950; its recorded medium is gouache on paper, cut and pasted on white paper, mounted on canvas. The surviving exhibition history documents Venus by Henri Matisse as catalogue 18. This painting is dated 1952; its recorded medium is gouache on paper, cut and pasted on white paper, mounted on paper panel. These documented works provide a partial reconstruction of the exhibition’s selection; the complete original checklist and additional loans remain unconfirmed.
Also recorded as: Henri Matisse: Les grandes gouaches découpées, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris
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