In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Matisse painted this work in Nice, a city in the South of France that he visited frequently in the 1920s. The canvas is one of several executed at this time of a female nude reclining in front of a patterned folding screen. All are studies in color and composition: the screen serves to flatten and structure the composition, as the vertical panels segment the model's body. The figure cuts a dynamic diagonal across the picture plane, which seems to tilt up and toward the viewer. The vibrant palette of yellow and pink heightens the sensuality of the model's pose.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Nude Woman Reclining (Femme nue couc
Amedeo Modigliani — Reclining Nude on Blue Cushion
Suzanne Valadon — Reclining Nude
Édouard Vuillard — Nu étendu sur un canapé
Suzanne Valadon — Nude on a Red Couch
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Nude Woman Reclining (Femme nue couc
Jules Pascin — Standing Nude in the Studio (Nu debout à l'at
Pierre Bonnard — The Pink Couch (Le Canapé Rose)
Pierre Bonnard — Nu assis, jambe pliée
Amedeo Modigliani — Reclining nude
Amedeo Modigliani — Reclining Nude
Edvard Munch — Reclining Nude
