Seated Nude (Matisse)

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Seated Nude (French - Nu assis) or Pink Nude (Nu rose) is a 1909 oil on canvas painting by Henri Matisse. [1] . It is now in the Museum of Grenoble, to which it was left in the 1923 Agutte-Sembat legacy. [2]

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References

  1. (in French) Guy Tosatto (ed.), Matisse au musée de Grenoble (21 juin-21 septembre 2003), p. 3
  2. (in French) Nu assis , site web du musée de Grenoble