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Interior with an Etruscan Vase (Intérieur au vase étrusque)

1940
(French, 1869–1954)
France, 20th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 102.2 x 129.5 x 12.1 cm (40 1/4 x 51 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 73.7 x 108 cm (29 x 42 1/2 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1952.153
© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view
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When Matisse's Blue Nude was shown in the 1913 Armory show, the violent, unnaturalistic colors and distorted forms so enraged students and faculty from the Art Institute of Chicago that they burned a copy in effigy.

Description

In this interior, a woman is seated at a table with an open book and scattered colorful fruits. The artist painted green potted philodendrons, a red patterned curtain, and an orange antique vase to create an exuberantly colorful composition. Henri Matisse painted this interior in his studio-residence at the Hôtel Régina in Nice on the French Riviera about six months after the outbreak of WWII. As he explained in a letter to a friend, making art provided the equilibrium he needed to withstand the tragedy unfolding in the world beyond his studio.
A colorful painting of a person sitting at a table with potted plants, a pitcher, and various fruits. The person sits in a room with dark walls featuring a tapestry behind the person, paintings at our left of the tapestry, and a covered window at our right of the tapestry. On the right side of the painting, there is a large orange vase with potted plants behind it.

Interior with an Etruscan Vase (Intérieur au vase étrusque)

1940

Henri Matisse

(French, 1869–1954)
France, 20th century

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