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Henri Matisse

French, 1869-1954

Alexander Liberman (American, born Kiev, Russia [now Ukraine], 1912-1999). Henri Matisse, Paris, 1949. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 10 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (27.7 x 27.7 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1976 (K1976:4.18). © The Alexander Liberman Trust

Works by This Artist

Notre-Dame, une fin d'après-midi (A Glimpse of Notre Dame in the Late Afternoon), 1902

Henri Matisse
Le coeur (The Heart) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le destin (Destiny) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le cheval, l'écuyère et le clown (The Horse, the Circus Rider and the Clown) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
[text folios, colophon page and Table des Images (Table of Images)] from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Icare (Icarus) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le cirque (The Circus) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
L'enterrement de Pierrot (Pierrot's Funeral) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le loup (The Wolf) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Monsieur Loyal from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Formes (Forms) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Les Codomas (The Codomas) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le tobogan (The Toboggan) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
La nageuse dans l'aquarium (The Swimmer in the Aquarium) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le cauchemar de l'éléphant blanc (The Nightmare of the White Elephant) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le lagon (The Lagoon) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le clown (The Clown) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le cow-boy (The Cowboy) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le lanceur de couteaux (The Knife Thrower) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le lagon (The Lagoon) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le lagon (The Lagoon) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Odalisque debout au plateau de fruits (Standing Odalisque with Tray of Fruit), 1924

Henri Matisse
Nu au bracelet (Nude with Bracelet), 1940 (printed after 1945)

Henri Matisse
Figure de dos au collier noir (Figure from Back with Black Collar), 1906

Henri Matisse
Haïtienne (Haitian), 1945

Henri Matisse
Le repos du modéle (Model in Repose), 1922

Henri Matisse
La lecture, nu de profil (Reading, Nude in Profile), 1913

Henri Matisse
L'Idole (The Idol), 1906

Henri Matisse
Figure dans un intérieur (Figure in an Interior), 1925

Henri Matisse
Les yeux noirs (Black Eyes), 1913

Henri Matisse
Nude Standing, 1906-1907

Henri Matisse
Nu couché I (Aurore) [Reclining Nude I (Aurora)], 1907 (cast executed ca. 1912)

Henri Matisse
La Musique, 1939

Henri Matisse
L'avaleur de sabres (The Sword Swallower) from Jazz, 1947

Henri Matisse
Le grand nu (The Large Nude), 1906

Henri Matisse
Odalisque assise à la jupe de tulle (Seated Odalisque in a Tulle Skirt), 1924

Henri Matisse
Nu assise, vu de dos (Seated Nude, Back Turned), 1913

Henri Matisse
Tête de femme (Head of a Woman), 1919

Henri Matisse
Reclining Woman, not dated

Henri Matisse
Visage légèrement penché vers la gauche (Face Slightly Leaning to the Left), 1913

Henri Matisse
Souvenir of Notre Dame, ca. 1902

Henri Matisse
Nice, Travail et Joie, 1947

Henri Matisse

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