Minneapolis Institute of Art

Large Seated Nude

Henri Matisse

Date: c. 1923–25
Medium: Bronze
Department: European Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

This is an audacious work of sculpture. Matisse took a casual pose often seen in paintings—a reclining nude with raised arms—and swung the figure out into space, twisted into a 3-D posture seemingly without a central axis. The erect arms, neck, and head provide balance for the unsupported torso. France, Europe

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