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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August Macke — Nude
Amedeo Modigliani — Seated Nude
Alexej von Jawlensky — Sitzender weiblicher Akt
Max Beckmann — Reclining Nude
Amedeo Modigliani — Reclining nude
Pierre Bonnard — Nu assis, jambe pliée
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner — Kneeling Nude in front of Red Screen
Max Beckmann — Woman with Snake / Snake Charmer
Alexej von Jawlensky — Sitzende Frau
Édouard Vuillard — Nude woman sitting on a sofa
Amedeo Modigliani — Nude on a Blue Cushion
Max Beckmann — Female Nude with Dog
