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Lithograph, 1932, 1986
Unsigned
Paper size: 121.5 × 44cm
£1950 Framed
Lithographic poster. Printed for the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, where the original three panel wall mural resides.
In 1930, at the age of 61, Henri Matisse met Doctor Albert Barnes, an American millionaire and modern art collector, founder of the Barnes foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania. Albert Barnes proposed a mural commission for his foundation, leaving Matisse free to choose the subject. Between 1930 and 1933, Henri Matisse worked almost exclusively on this huge project, which was a creative milestone in his career. He chose dance, which had been one of his favourite themes for a number of years, as the subject of the work. Never having created a work in an architectural setting, the commission was a great challenge for Matisse. Three versions of La Danse exist; two of them are in the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
Lithograph, 1932, 1986
Unsigned
Paper size: 121.5 × 44cm
£1950 Framed
Lithographic poster. Printed for the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, where the original three panel wall mural resides.
In 1930, at the age of 61, Henri Matisse met Doctor Albert Barnes, an American millionaire and modern art collector, founder of the Barnes foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania. Albert Barnes proposed a mural commission for his foundation, leaving Matisse free to choose the subject. Between 1930 and 1933, Henri Matisse worked almost exclusively on this huge project, which was a creative milestone in his career. He chose dance, which had been one of his favourite themes for a number of years, as the subject of the work. Never having created a work in an architectural setting, the commission was a great challenge for Matisse. Three versions of La Danse exist; two of them are in the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.