| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, Île-de-France, France) AM 2149 P | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | winter 1925-1926 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Matisse, Henri | en_US |
| dc.date | 1925-1926 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-23T18:13:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-23T18:13:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1925-1926 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 267946 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 3327 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/184260 | |
| dc.description | Detail, figure; Painted in Nice and exhibited at the Salon des Tuileries in June 1926. The original title of the work, as it was reinstated by Mrs. Duthuit 1976, presents an enigma: it is the figure which is described here as decorative (the background is ornamental). Meyer Schapiro, in a particularly thorough and penetrating analysis of this work, has distinguished about "half a dozen large decorative units" in the background: the hangings with large blue patterns, among which is the Venetian mirror, likened to a pattern and enclosing the same blue; the Chinese porcelain pot; the carpet strips; and in the lower right, a rectangle which seems to be an upholstery covered seat. The figure juxtaposed against this is strongly volumetric and sculptural; Matisse forces these elements to coexist. Source: Centre Pompidou [website]; http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ (accessed 7/17/2015) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | oil paint on canvas | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | decorative arts | en_US |
| dc.subject | human figure | en_US |
| dc.subject | nude in art | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twentieth century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.title | Decorative Figure on an Ornamental Background | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Figure décorative sur fond ornemental | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 7A1-HM-FDO-A02 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | French | en_US |
| vra.technique | oil painting (technique) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | painting (visual work) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Henri Matisse (French painter, 1869-1954) | en_US |
