In 1951 MoMA published Alfred H. Barr Jr.’s nearly six-hundred-page monograph on Matisse, a book that had been many years in the making. That monograph presents the first art-historical discussion of The Red Studio, forty years after the painting's creation. In parallel, the Museum opened a survey exhibition of Matisse’s work. The artist made paper cut-outs as designs for the book jackets of both the large monograph and this slim exhibition catalogue. Even at this small scale, their exuberant style and vibrant color exemplify the last chapter of Matisse’s career.

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Matisse: The Red Studio, May 1–September 10, 2022

Medium Gouache on paper, cut-and-pasted
Dimensions 10 5/8 x 15 3/4" (27.0 x 40.0 cm)
Credit Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Publications Department
Object number 419.1953
Department Drawings and Prints

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Henri Matisse

French, 1869–1954 428 works online

Throughout his decades-long career as a painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, Henri Matisse continuously searched, in his own words, “for the same things, which I have perhaps realized by different means.

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