Nu de Trois-quarts, une partie de la Tête Coupée
Maker
(artist)
1869-1954
(lithographer)
1869-1954
(publisher)
1869-1954
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
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
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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