Odalisque with Gray Trousers
#6408Henri Matisse (French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869–1954 Nice)
1927
Oil on canvas
Whakaahuatanga
Notwithstanding their kinship with earlier works by Ingres and Delacroix, the harem pictures Matisse made in Nice, such as this odalisque of 1927, had a more practical basis. As Matisse explained: "I paint odalisques in order to paint the nude. Otherwise, how is the nude to be painted without being artificial? But also, I know they exist. I was in Morocco. I saw them."
6408. Odalisque with Gray Trousers
Gallery 823
Additional Information
- Ngā Ahu
- 25 5/8 in. × 32 in. (65.1 × 81.3 cm)
- Whiwhinga
- The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002
- Tau Whakauru
- 1997.4