%C2%A9 Succession H. Matisse %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York
Large Seated Nude, c. 1923–1925
Henri Matisseexpand_more
Bronzeexpand_more
Gift of the Dayton Hudson Corporationexpand_more 71.9.3
On View in Gallery 377expand_more
This is an audacious work of sculpture. Matisse took a casual pose often seen in paintings—a reclining nude with raised arms—and swung the figure out into space, twisted into a 3-D posture seemingly without a central axis. The erect arms, neck, and head provide balance for the unsupported torso.
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- Title
- Large Seated Nude
- Artist Life
- 1869–1954
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 71.9.3
- Provenance
- The artist. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frederik Hellström (1890-1968), Consul General of Sweden, Minneapolis (by 1953–1955, sold to Bruce Dayton); Dayton Hudson Corporation, Minneapoli (1955–71, given to Mia)
- Curator Approved
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