The Plum Blossoms
1948 painting by Henri Matisse
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| Artist | Henri Matisse |
| Year | 1948 |
| Catalogue | 99673 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 115.9 cm × 88.9 cm (45.6 in × 35 in) |
| Location | Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| Accession | PG642.2005 |
The Plum Blossoms is a 1948 painting by Henri Matisse. It is held in the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.
Provenance
On September 8, 2005, it was purchased for New York's Museum of Modern Art by Henry Kravis and the new president of the museum, Marie-Josée Drouin. Previously, it had not been seen by the public since 1970.
Late-period Matisse
The Plum Blossoms is an example of one of the final group of oil paintings in Matisse's career.
See also
External links
- New York Times article on purchase
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Henri Matisse
- Woman Reading (1894)
- Landscape, the Pink Wall (1898)
- Academy Study of a Man (1900-1901)
- A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon (1902)
- Luxury, Calm and Pleasure (1904)
- The Green Stripe (1905)
- The Open Window (1905)
- Woman with a Hat (1905)
- View of Collioure (1905)
- Landscape at Collioure (1905)
- Le bonheur de vivre (1906)
- The Young Sailor II (1906)
- Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt (1906)
- Madras Rouge (1907)
- Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra) (1907)
- The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room) (1908)
- Game of Bowls (1908)
- Bathers with a Turtle (1908)
- Portrait of Greta Moll (1908)
- Dance (1910)
- Music (1910)
- Still Life with Geraniums (1910)
- The Red Studio (1911)
- The Conversation (1908–1912)
- Goldfish (1912)
- Zorah on the Terrace (1912)
- Window at Tangier (1912)
- Seated Riffian (1912)
- Arab Coffeehouse (1912–1913)
- View of Notre-Dame (1914)
- Woman on a High Stool (1914)
- The Yellow Curtain (1915)
- Bathers by a River (1917)
- The Painter and His Model (1917)
- The Music Lesson (1917)
- The Piano Lesson (1918)
- Odalisque with Raised Arms (1923)
- Yellow Odalisque (1926)
- The Dance II (1932)
- Purple Robe and Anemones (1937)
- Woman in a Purple Coat (1937)
- La Blouse Roumaine (1940)
- Annelies, White Tulips and Anemones (1944)
- Asia (1946)
- Young Woman in White on a Red Background (1946)
- The Knife Thrower (1947)
- Deux fillettes, fond jaune et rouge (1947)
- The Plum Blossoms (1948)
- Beasts of the Sea (1950)
- The Sorrows of the King (1952)
- Black Leaf on Green Background (1952)
- La Négresse (1952)
- The Snail (1953)
- The Boat (1953)
- The Back Series (1909–1930)
- Goldfish paintings and etchings (1912–1929)
- Blue Nudes (1952)
- Jazz (1947 book)
- Pierre Matisse (son)
- Paul Matisse (grandson)
- Sophie Matisse (great-granddaughter)
- Lydia Delectorskaya (model)
- Gustave Moreau (teacher)
- Fauvism
- An Essay on Matisse (1996 documentary)
- Matisse (crater)
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