Matisse in the Barnes Foundation

Matisse in the Barnes Foundation

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Philadelphia, PA : Barnes Foundation ; New York, NY : Thames and Hudson, 2015. c2015
Description:	3 volumes : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 34 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Matisse, Henri, -- 1869-1954 -- Catalogs. Barnes, Albert C. -- (Albert Coombs), -- 1872-1951 Matisse, Henri, -- 1869-1954. Barnes Foundation Painting, French -- 20th century -- Catalogs. Fauvism. Art -- Collectors and collecting. Art -- Private collections. Art -- Collectors and collecting. Fauvism. Painting, French. Catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10492213

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:	Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954. Works. Selections. Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951. Bois, Yve-Alain, Butler, Karen K., 1972- Grammont, Claudine. Buckley, Barbara A. Mass, Jennifer L. Primeau, Thomas.
Other authors / contributors:	Barnes Foundation.
ISBN:	9780500239414 050023941X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Despite the reknown of the Matisse holdings at the Barnes Foundation, these works have long remained uncatalogued and elusive to many, given the Foundation's restrictions on loans and color photography. Generations of scholars have lamented the black-and-white slides of Le Bonheur de vivre that anticlimactically accompanied lectures on the riot of Fauvre color. Matisse in the Barnes Foundation [...] grew out research on the collection initiated in the 1990s [...]. Goals for the Matisse project included gathering comprehensive information on the works, from external sources, the tremendously rich and recently catalogued Barnes Foundation Archives, and the insights of curators and conservators, and creating for each work an internally consistent record in the Foundation's database, part of which could eventually migrate to the Foundation's website"--Foreword (pages 21-22).

Description
Summary:	A landmark publication that catalogues in its entirety one of the most significant holdings of Matisse in the world - a vibrant celebration - slipcased and beautifully produced by Pentagram - of the Barnes's extraordinary Matisse collection. Composed of 59 works from every stage of the artist's career, it is among the most important in the world. At its heart are Matisse's most historically significant paintings, Le Bonheur de vivre, also known as The Joy of Life, and The Dance, the monumental mural that Albert C. Barnes commissioned to fill the lunettes of the Foundation's main gallery, transforming both the space and the artist's career. Yve-Alain Bois addresses the evolution of The Dance and its role in Matisse's career; Karen Butler explores Barnes's opinion of Matisse; and Claudine Grammont considers how and why he collected his work. The artworks themselves, sumptuously reproduced, are the subjects of interpretive analyses that tell the stories of their acquisition and address their critical reception. The book includes major contributions by Barbara Buckley and Jennifer Mass on the artist's technique and a report on the latest findings on the pigments used in Le Bonheur de vivre.
Physical Description:	3 volumes : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 34 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780500239414 050023941X