Overlays

Surface Markings

Cross sections

Horizontal cross sections of head

Overlaid cross sections of the head in Back (I) and Back (II), indicating the great changes in form and depth that Matisse exacted. During his work on the second state, the artist removed anecdotal details and made the head far more massive and abstract.

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Back: 1908-09, 1911(?)-13, 1913-16, c. 1931
A Great French Painter, Henri Matisse: A film from 1946
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