Nude.

Authors :: S. R.
Source :: Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. Fall2007, Vol. 65 Issue 2, p52-52. 2/3p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: The article presents information regarding a brush and ink drawing on paper on a nude subject by Henri Matisse between 1905-1906. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City acquired this art object in 2007 with the help of a gift from Joan and Lestern Avnet. This drawing was used by Matisse as a study for the central character in his popular painting, "Bonheur de vivre," which is now in the Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania. It is observed that the body of the reclining nude woman has become an iconic image in modern art's history.