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Nude on a Sofa

Henri Matisse (1869–1954)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Nude on a Sofa

© Succession H. Matisse/ DACS 2024. Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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In 1919, when this painting was made, Matisse was staying in Nice. In reaction to the pre-war aesthetics of Cubism, Futurism and Vorticism, Matisse concentrated on sketch-like studies of the female form. As in other pictures, he abandoned strong and intense colours and used a reduced palette of greens, greys and pinks, leading to a softening of forms and a new sense of space and atmosphere.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Title

Nude on a Sofa

Date

1919

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 55.7 x W 33.3 cm

Accession number

WA1940.1.11

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Frank Hindley Smith, 1939

Work type

Painting

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Henri Matisse

1869–1954

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