Painters [*/ ) Odalisques, 1917-1928 | Henri Matisse and his model | Photos by George Brassaï, Paris, 1939

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Henri Matisse and his model at the Villa dAlesia Paris 1939

 Brassai, Henri Matisse and his model at the Villa d’Alesia, Paris, 1939    Henri Matisse, Odalisque, 1923
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George Brassaï, Matisse with his model, Paris, 1939
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H. Matisse, Odalisque Standing with Fruit Tray , 1924                  H. Matisse, Odalisque with Tambourine, 1926

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  Henri Matisse, Odalisque with a Turkish Chair, 1927-28
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 Brassai , Matisse and his model in the studio, 1939                  Henri Matisse, Standing Odalisque Reflected in Mirror 1923
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“I depend entirely on my model, whom I observe at liberty, and then I decide on the pose
which best suits her nature…and then I become the slave of that pose.”
 
Henri Matisse
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  Brassai, Henri Matisse and his model at the Villa d’Alesia, Paris, 1939             Henri Matisse, Moorish Woman with Upheld Arms 1923

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George Brassaï, Matisse with his model, Paris, 1939         Henri Matisse, Nude on a Blue Cushion, 1924
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Henri Matisse, Nude Lying on Her Back, 1927

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Matisse and his model in the studio, 1939, Brassai
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Henri Matisse, Odalisque, 1917