%C2%A9 Succession H. Matisse %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York
Still Life with Pascal’s "Pensées", 1924
Henri Matisseexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 2010.37
On View in Gallery 351expand_more
If Matisse’s still-life paintings from his early years in Nice are less abstract than those produced prior to and during World War I, they are more evocative. In fact, still-life became the perfect vehicle enabling Matisse to explore the role of ornament in his paintings as well as the wider role of decorative design central to Matisse’s painting at this time. Still Life with Pascal’s Pensées relates to several pictures that represent a section or corner of a room in which vases or Chinese ginger jars contain bouquets of anemones. The vibrant yet flat colors of these flowers became a leitmotif which energizes the surrounding space. The finished painting is a particularly concise and felicitous composition in which one of the classics of French literature features prominently.
Details
- Title
- Still Life with Pascal’s "Pensées"
- Artist Life
- 1869–1954
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2010.37
- Provenance
- The artist, Nice and Paris (until 1924, sold, April 15, to Bernheim-Jeune); [Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1924; sold, April 15, to Canonne]; Henri Canonne, Paris (1924–d. 1961); by descent in the Canonne estate (until 1982, sold to Schmit); [Galerie Schmit, Paris, 1982]; private collection, 1982; [Alex Reid and Lefevre Gallery, London, 1983]; [Perls Gallery, New York, until 1986, sold, April, to Dayton]; Bruce Dayton, Wayzata (1986–2010; given to Mia)
- Curator Approved
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