Elderfield, John. Henri Matisse : : a retrospective / [electronic resource] / John Elderfield.. — New York : : Museum of Modern Art : : Distributed by H.N. Abrams,, c1992.. — 480 p. : : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... at the Museum of Modern Art, September 14, 1992-January 12, 1993"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 470-471) and index.

Describing Matisse / by John Elderfield -- Profound and lucid sight -- An impossible coherence -- An experiment in luxury -- A primal scene -- The birth of modern painting -- Plates and Chronology : catalogue / by John Elderfield with Beatrice Kernan, including a chronology compiled with Judith Cousins -- 1869-1905 Discovering modern art -- 1905-1907 The Fauvist epoch -- 1908-1913 Art and decoration -- 1913-1917 Abstraction and experimentation -- 1917-1930 The early years at Nice -- 1930-1943 Themes and variations -- 1943-1954 The final years.



ISBN: 0810961164 (Abrams) 9780810961166 (Abrams) 087070432X (MOMA clothbound) 9780870704321 (MOMA clothbound) 0870704338 (MOMA paperbound) 9780870704338 (MOMA paperbound)

LCCN: 92081515

Subjects--Personal Names:
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954 --Exhibitions.
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954 --Catalogues.
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) --Catalogues d'exposition.
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women in art--Exhibitions.
Schilderkunst.
New York--Expositions--1992-1993.

LC Class. No.: N6853.M33 / A4 1992 ND553.M37 / A4 1992

Dewey Class. No.: 709/.2