Henri Matisse's 1952 Cut-Out 'The Swimming Pool' Exhibited at MoMA
A 1952 gouache on paper cut-out by Henri Matisse, titled 'The Swimming Pool', is currently on view at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. The work, acquired in 1975 through the Mrs Bernard F. Gimbel Fund, consists of nine panels installed in two parts on burlap-covered walls. Created using cut and pasted techniques on painted paper, the photograph depicts one section of the installation. The exhibition entry was posted on February 7, 2015, at 2:54 pm.
Key facts
- Henri Matisse created 'The Swimming Pool' in 1952
- The work is a gouache on paper cut-out
- It consists of nine panels installed in two parts
- The installation is on burlap-covered walls
- The Museum of Modern Art in New York is exhibiting the piece
- The museum acquired it in 1975 via the Mrs Bernard F. Gimbel Fund
- The exhibition entry was posted on February 7, 2015
- The work is part of Matisse's cut-outs series
Entities
Artists
- Henri Matisse
Institutions
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Mrs Bernard F. Gimbel Fund
- artcritical
Locations
- New York
- United States