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notably rich for their holdings of works by Matisse: Stat- as works from MoMA’s unparalleled Matisse and Picasso
ens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen and the Baltimore collections. Unique to the MoMA showing will be seven
Museum of Art. Private collectors and the families of both works from every period covered in the exhibition. Matisse
artists have been generously supportive of the exhibition. Picasso demonstrates a dialogue between the two giants of
Matisse Picasso examines the complex relationship of twentieth-century art, who in spite of their lifelong rivalry
the two artists through almost 140 works of painting and came to see each other as true equals. The exhibition is co-
sculpture that span half a century. The exhibition features organized by The Museum of Modern Art, along with Tate
rarely lent masterpieces from all over the world as well Modern, London, and the Reunion des musées nationaux

HENRI MATISSE MATISSE
LARGE RECLINING NUDE (THE PINK NUDE)
1935 OIL ON CANVAS
26 X 36 ½” (66 X 92.7 CM)
THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. THE CONE
COLLECTION, FORMED BY DR. CLARIBEL
CONE AND MISS ETTA CONE OF BALTIMORE,
MARYLAND
© 2003 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE/
ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK

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