Image Credits

Henri Matisse, Acrobatic Dancer, 1949, gouache on paper, cut and pasted, Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation Collection, © 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo Christopher Burke, New York.

Henri Matisse, Oil Sketch for The Joy of Life (Le bonheur de vivre), 1905–06, oil on canvas, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Bequest of Elise S. Haas, © 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo Ben Blackwell.

Henri Matisse, Reclining Nude I (Aurora), 1907, bronze, Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Dallas, © 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo David Heald, Courtesy of the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Henri Matisse, The Serpentine, 1909, bronze, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Gift of a Group of Friends, BMA 1950.93, © 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo Mitro Hood.

Henri Matisse, Large Seated Nude, 1922–29, bronze, Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Dallas, © 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo David Heald, Courtesy of the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Henri Matisse, Large Reclining Nude/The Pink Nude, 1935, oil on canvas, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland, BMA 1950.258, © 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo José A. Sanchez Jr.

Henri Matisse, Standing Blue Nude, 1952, gouache on paper, cut and pasted, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002, © 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo © 2003 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.