Matisse in Morocco : the paintings and drawings, 1912-1913 / Jack Cowart : Pierre Schneider

Bibliography and index included

The Moroccan hinge / Pierre Schneider Note to the reader Paintings Matisse's Moroccan sketchbooks and drawings : self-discovery through various motifs / Jack Cowart Drawings Matisse in Morocco : an interpretive guide / John Elderfield The Russian collectors and Henri Matisse / Albert Kostenevich Chronology / Laura Coyle Appendix 1. Letters relating to the Morosov and Shchukin Commissions / Beatrice Kernan, Laura Coyle Appendix 2. Triptychs, triads, and trios / Pierre Schneider, Jack Cowart, Laura Coyle Appendix 3. Provenance, exhibition history, literature for paintings

Matisse in Morocco has been prepared along with a landmark exhibition originating at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in a unique collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Puskin, and the Hermitage. Among the fifty exquisite color plates are twelve paintings-seven from Soviet collections-that have never been seen in the United States. Each of the Moroccan paintings and drawings is fully documented, as are the course of the artist's travels and his written impressions, many of which are previously unpublished. The book also features many rare archival photographs and a chronology. Matisse in Morocco celebrates one of the most dazzling moments in the art of our century, and for only the second time since the works were first exhibited in Paris nearly eighty years ago.

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