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Matisse Picasso seeks to chart the unique relationship that time would show how in many ways, he and Matisse
between Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, the two most had been following the same paths during the years that
famous artists of the twentieth century, traditionally viewed they had established their artistic supremacy. Their initial
as complementary or opposing forces. The relationship rivalry encouraged each artist to find his own clear and
between the two men was more complex and much closer, original voice. Matisse Picasso consists of almost 140 works
on both psychological and visual levels, than has generally focusing primarily on painting, with sculptures interspersed
been acknowledged. Over the years each came to regard throughout and special sections of works on paper which
the other as his only true peer. Late in life, Picasso stated reinforce critical thinking raised by the confrontations of
works on canvas. The exhibition begins with self-portraits

MATISSE

PICASSO

THE MUSEUM OF

MODERN ART TO
PRESENT

MATISSE PICASSO

GROUNDBREAKING

INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION MATISSE

EXPLORES

COMPLEX

RELATION SHIP
BETWEEN TWO

MODERN MASTERS

HENRI MATISSE
LE LUXE (I)
1907 OIL ON CANVAS
82 5/8 X 54 3/8” (210 X 138 CM).
CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, PARIS
MUSÉE NATIONAL D’ART MODERNE /CENTRE DE
CRÉATION INDUSTRIELLE
ACHAT À L’ARTISTE EN 1945
© 2003 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE /
ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK
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