229. Matisse on Matisse
Title: Matisse on Matisse
Date: 1973
Subject: Two figures embracing
Measurements: 6” W x 8 1/16” H
Materials and Techniques: White paperboard, cutouts from reproduction postcards and/or art books, glass covering, masking tape frame
Description: Two figures embrace, one black (Icarus, 1943-4, Henri Matisse, French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869-1954 Nice, Centre Pompidou) and one blue (Blue Nude I, 1952, also Matisse, Beyeler Collection).
Signed: “Norman S. Green 73” written in pen on front lower right corner.
Note: From the Pictorial Puzzler Series. Label on reverse identifies piece as #26 and identifies both figures.