MoMA reunites Matisse's 'The Red Studio' with all depicted works

Key facts

• Exhibition 'Matisse: The Red Studio' at MoMA runs until September 10, 2022.
• The show reunites Matisse's 1911 painting with all six paintings, two sculptures, a terracotta piece, and a ceramic plate depicted in it.
• One depicted painting is missing because Matisse requested its destruction before his death in 1954.
• MoMA already owned two of the works and the main painting; three were borrowed from the National Gallery of Denmark.
• The exhibition includes sketches, drawings, and archival materials like letters and photographs.
• After New York, the show travels to SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen from October 13, 2022, to February 26, 2023.
• 'The Red Studio' was commissioned by Russian patron Sergei Shchukin in 1911 but rejected.
• The painting was exhibited at the Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition in London (1912) and the Armory Show (1913).
• In 1927, it was purchased by David Tennant, founder of the Gargoyle Club in London.
• During WWII, Tennant tried to sell it to the Tate Gallery for £400 but failed.
• Georges Keller, director of the Bignou Gallery, bought it and donated it to MoMA in 1949.