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Black-and-white photograph of an interior with Henri Matisse, a man with light skin tone, white beard, and circular glasses, wearing a coat and positioned seated in the lower right corner of the photograph surrounded by bird cages. On our right side of the photograph, three white birds, potentially doves, perch on top of a cage while Matisse holds a dove in his left hand as he writes in a book in his lap.

Henri Matisse

1944

Henri Cartier-Bresson

(French, 1908–2004)
France, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 23.3 x 35 cm (9 3/16 x 13 3/4 in.); Paper: 29.9 x 40.1 cm (11 3/4 x 15 13/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Wishing Well Fund 1973.123
© Henri Cartier-Bresson
Location: Not on view
  • “The Year in Review for 1973.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 2 (February 1974): 31–78. Reproduced: p. 55; Mentioned: p. 77, no. 140 www.jstor.org
    Hinson, Tom E. “Photography: Recent Acquisitions.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 2 (February 1975): 36–46. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 42-43, fig. 9 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 258 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 121
  • CMA, July 21 - October 18, 1987: "Fraternite: Artistic Relations between France and America," no exhibition catalogue.
    Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).
    CMA, November 22, 1983 - January 22, 1984: "Portraiture: The Image of the Individual," no exhibition catalogue.
    Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).
    CMA, January 30 - March 17, 1974: "Year in Review 1973," CMA Bulletin 61 (February 1974), p. 77, no. 140, repr. p. 55.
  • {{cite web|title=Henri Matisse|url=false|author=Henri Cartier-Bresson|year=1944|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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