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Nu de Trois-quarts, une partie de la Tête Coupée

Maker

(artist)
1869-1954

(lithographer)
1869-1954

(publisher)
1869-1954

Title

Nu de Trois-quarts, une partie de la Tête Coupée

Date of Production

1913

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 50.3 cm
Width: 33 cm

Accession Number

G.1935.SC.192

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Label Text

This abruptly cropped study of a nude epitomises Matisse’s aim of radically simplifying form; he wrote of his approach to the figure, ‘I will condense the meaning of [the] body by seeking its essential lines.’ Lithography allowed his draughtsmanship a freedom which other printmaking techniques could not; here, the sweeping outlines of the figure, stripped of extraneous detail, bring the white space of the paper to life. The paring away of detail gives great expressive power to slight variations in the thickness of the lines.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Special Display - Picasso, Matisse, Maillol: The Female Model, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/01/2013-26/05/2013

Manet to Matisse - French Prints from the Courtauld, Finchley & London & England, 27/06/2008-16/08/2008

The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...More

Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960

Castle Museum, Nottingham, 1939 (April) ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscribed : signed on the stone : recto & lower right : with initials : HM

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