Seated Nude with Arms Raised (Nue a la cheminee)
Artist: Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
25 x 18 7/8 in.
Medium: Lithograph
Classification: Prints
Object number: 1938.36
Label Text:
The 1920s were quantitatively Henri Matisse's greatest period of graphic production. In 1921, he established permanent quarters in Nice and, working with favored model Henriette Darricarrère, he created for himself a private world of sensuousness and calm. As critic Clement Greenberg remarked, “he relaxed into the arms of tradition,” turning his attention to the work of Renaissance artists. In this lithograph and in several closely related works of the mid-1920s—paintings, prints, drawings, and a sculpture—he reconsidered the nude figures from Michelangelo’s Medici tombs. Here using a wide range of soft, closely graded tones, he stressed the modeled monumentality of the figure while giving a voluptuous aura to his solid and carefully constructed composition.
The 1920s were quantitatively Henri Matisse's greatest period of graphic production. In 1921, he established permanent quarters in Nice and, working with favored model Henriette Darricarrère, he created for himself a private world of sensuousness and calm. As critic Clement Greenberg remarked, “he relaxed into the arms of tradition,” turning his attention to the work of Renaissance artists. In this lithograph and in several closely related works of the mid-1920s—paintings, prints, drawings, and a sculpture—he reconsidered the nude figures from Michelangelo’s Medici tombs. Here using a wide range of soft, closely graded tones, he stressed the modeled monumentality of the figure while giving a voluptuous aura to his solid and carefully constructed composition.
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