In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Reclining Odalisque involves a deliberate tension between the sculptural quality of the figure and the geometric ground. The volumes of the figure's body are almost literally built up with the palette knife. The space around her sofa, though, is composed of a gray-and-green grid and a bright orange triangle with a purple hypotenuse. These forms differentiate this odalisque from others that Matisse painted in 1927–28, all of which pose in settings decorated with curvilinear arabesques.
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Max Beckmann — Reclining Nude
Amedeo Modigliani — Nude on a Blue Cushion
Jules Pascin — Nude Seated on Hassock (Nu assis sur un pouf)
Jules Pascin — Nude and Books (Nu et livres)
Georges Rouault — Two Ballet Girls
Jules Pascin — Nude
Roger de La Fresnaye — Nude
Edgar Degas — After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself
Edgar Degas — Woman Drying Her Arm
Robert Henri — Seated Nude
Amedeo Modigliani — Nude on a Divan
Jules Pascin — Two Nudes–One Standing, One Sitting
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