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Matisse in the Collection of the Museum of Modern ArtSource: MoMA, No. 8 (Autumn, 1978), pp. 1-2Published by: The Museum of Modern ArtStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4380766.

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photo: Pierre Matisse

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'Slowly discoveredhesecretof myart.It consistsof a meditationon nature,on theexpression f a dreamwhich s always nspiredbyreality.'-HenriMatissephoto: Helene Adant photo: Pierre Matisse

'Thecharacteristicof modernart is to participate n our life.|A painting in an interiorspreadsjoy aroundit by its color, which|calms us.' -Henri Matissephoto:AndreOstier

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|(Top)Matissesketching n theBois de Boulogne in the early1930s; (center eft) workingon his great inal works,the cutouts, inINice, 1952; (centerright)in his studioat Issy-lesMoulineaux,1909; and (bottom paintingthe DancerandArmchair n Nice,1/942.

Matisse Lecturesn d allery T a l k s

Four nternationally istinguished cholars romthiscountryandabroadwillbe coming to the Museum nNovemberandDecember o speakonthe work ofHenriMatisse. Conceivedas a chronological survey of Matisse'sdevelop-ment nall media, fromhisearliestpaintingsbefore the turnof thecentury ohis finalpapercutoutsof the 1950s,the lectureswill take place on successiveTuesdayevenings, November 14throughDecember5. Thespeakers, each ofwhom will address a different aspect of Matisse's oeuvre, will be JohnHallmarkNeff, Directorof theMuseumof ContemporaryArt,Chicago;JackD. Flam,Professorof ArtHistory,BrooklynCollege, CityUniversityof NewYork;WilliamTucker,Sculptorand VisitingProfessorat ColumbiaUniver-sity; and LawrenceGowing, Director of the Slade School of Fine Art,London.See Calendar or completeschedule and ticket nformation.Inaddition,there will be gallery talksdaily at I p.m. for the lengthof theexhibition.

e w ublicationMatisse in The Collection of The Museum of Modern ArtJohn Elderfield, with additional text by WilliamS. Lieberman and RivaCastleman.Clothbound,$25; paperbound, $12.50.This important ook is a comprehensivepresentation f worksby Matisseinthe Collection of the Museum of Modem Art. All periodsof the artist's ongandvaried creative ife are represented, romturn-of-the-centuryndproto-Fauveworks to the remarkable utouts of Matisse's lastyears.The focus ofthis volume is on the individualworks.Reproductions f all the oil paintings,sculptures,and drawingsin the Collection and a generousselection of themany prints-a total of 125 illustrations, with 35 in full color-appear inchronological order,each accompanied by a commentary n depth. A fullcatalogof the works ollows, withnotesand 144reference llustrations.Thesetexts contain much new informationand some revisions of previouslyac-cepted chronology, derived from documentsand correspondencerecentlymadeavailable. Commentariesand notes on paintingsand sculptureshavebeen prepared yJohnElderfield,Curator f PaintingandSculpture;hose ondrawingsby WilliamS. Lieberman,Directorof theDepartment f Drawings;and those on printsby Riva Castleman,Directorof the Department f PrintsandIllustratedBooks.$25 cloth edition to be distributed as a special double selection to Non-Resident,Foreign,and FamilyMembers with expirationdates of June 30,1979 throughMay 31, 1980; SpecialBookOfferSubscriberswithexpirationdateofJune30, 1979;ParticipatingMemberswithexpirationdatesofMarch31, 1979 throughFebruary29, 1980; and all ContributingMembers.

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