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Matisse with his Model

Photograph
1939 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Black and white photograph depicting a male figure seated to the right hand side of the frame, observing a female nude model. She stands in the centre of the image, with her left ankle crossed over her right, both hands above her head and gazing down to her right. To the left of the frame there is a painting on an easel, next to an open chest, depicting a vase of flowers on a table.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleMatisse with his Model (published title)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
Black and white photograph by Brassai, 'Matisse with his Model', 1939
Physical description
Black and white photograph depicting a male figure seated to the right hand side of the frame, observing a female nude model. She stands in the centre of the image, with her left ankle crossed over her right, both hands above her head and gazing down to her right. To the left of the frame there is a painting on an easel, next to an open chest, depicting a vase of flowers on a table.
Dimensions
  • Height: 235mm
  • Width: 275mm
Credit line
Purchase, 1975
Bibliographic references
  • Péter Baki, Colin Ford & George Szirtes, Eyewitness. Hungarian Photography in the Twentieth Century. Brassai, Capa, Kertész, Moholy-Nagy, Munkácsi London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2011. ISBN: 9781905711772.
  • Brassai, 'A Portfolio of Ten Photographs by Brassai', New York: Witkin-Berley, 1973
Collection
Accession number
508-1975

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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