Henri Matisse - A la Danse (19.5 in x 27 in)

Artwork Details

• Original Title: Nasturtiums with the Painting "Dance" (French: Les Capucines à la danse)

• Artist: Henri Matisse

• Year Created: 1912

• Original Medium: Oil on canvas

• Subject Matter: This piece is a famous example of a "painting within a painting." It depicts a corner of Matisse's studio in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. In the foreground, a sculptor's wooden tripod stand holds a pink vase filled with trailing nasturtiums. In the background, leaning against the studio wall, is his own iconic 1909 masterpiece, Dance I (which is now housed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York). A striped chair is partially visible on the left.