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Unique to the MoMA showing will be seven works from every period covered in the exhibition. Matisse
Picasso demonstrates a dialogue between the two giants of twentieth-century art, who in spite of
their lifelong rivalry came to see each other as true equals. The exhibition is co-organized by The
Museum of Modern Art, along with Tate Modern, London, and the Reunion des musées nationaux
/Musée Picasso, Musée national d’art moderne /Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

The exhibition curators are John elderfield, Chief Curator at Large, The Museum of Modern Art, New
York; Kirk Varnedoe, Professor of the History of Art, School of Historical Studies, institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton; John Golding, Painter and Art Historian, London; elizabeth Cowling, Senior Lecturer,

MaTisse

henri matisse
The Piano Lesson
1916.
oil on canvas
96 ½ x 83 ¾”
(245.1 x 212.7 cm)
the museum of modern art, new york.
mrs. simon guggenheim fund
© 2003 succession h. matisse/
artists rights society (ars), new york

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