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AdmittedHenri Matisse · Tangier, winter-spring 1912
This is Periwinkles / Moroccan Garden — a painting by Matisse, from Tangier, winter-spring nineteen twelve. Charcoal — burnt wood, sitting loose on the surface, which is why so little early drawing in it survives.
Medium Oil, pencil, and charcoal on canvas · Dimensions 46 x 32 1/2" (116.8 x 82.5 cm) · Credit Gift of Florene M. Schoenborn
Hanging beside it in Gallery 506: The Blue Window, The Moroccans
More by Henri Matisse here: The Back (I), The Back (II), The Back (III), The Back (IV), Tiari, Dance (I)
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