Matisse In The Collection Of The Museum Of Modern Art, Including Remainder Interest And Promised Gifts by John Elderfield

A concise curatorial and scholarly survey of the museum’s holdings of Henri Matisse, combining interpretive essays with detailed catalogue entries that trace the artist’s stylistic development, themes and techniques. The volume documents provenance and acquisition information—including remainder interests and promised gifts—places works in the contexts of modernist movements and the museum’s collecting history, and provides illustrations and commentary useful to both specialists and general readers.