1970 Philadelphia Flower Show. Matisse Large Seated Nude

Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954. Large Seated Nude
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Ingersoll Collection
Philadelphia Flower Show (1970 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

In 1970 the Philadelphia Museum of Art staged an exhibit titled Garden Sculpture from the Ingersoll Collection. Featured prominently in this exhibit was Henri Matisse's Large Seated Nude, given to the art museum in 1960 by R. Sturgis and Marion B. G. Ingersoll. The work, created created 1922 - 1929 is a 31 inch tall bronze of one of Matisse's most well known models, Henriette Darricarrere; it is considered to be his most monumental and ambitious sculpture of the 1920s.

1970

Philadelphia Civic Center
Philadelphia (Pa.)

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