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and experiencing a succession of new social and aesthetic Picasso moved to the South of France, their relationship
worlds. The Surrealist ethos, which Picasso did so much entered its final and closest phase. A concluding section
to foster, served to further distance the two artists. Yet of the exhibition, which explores Matisse’s and Picasso’s
they continued to study each other’s work and respond acrobatic figures (swimmers, dancers, and nudes) from
to each other in new ways. By the 1930s, their fame drew the 1 920s onwards, focuses on the latter years and the
them increasingly together. During the Second World War, startling affinities between their works. This exhibition is
Matisse and Picasso exchanged further works and increas- collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art, New
ingly drew support from each other. After the war, when York, Tate Modern, London, and the Reunion des musées

HENRI MATISSE 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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