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Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954.)

Dance (I) [La danse (I)]. Paris, early 1909


Oil on canvas, 8' 6 1/2" x 12' 9 1/2" (259.7 x 390.1 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr.

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

201.63

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Provenance:

Collection of the artist
[Getrude Stein, Paris]
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. 1936 – [1939]
Valentine Gallery (Valentine Dudensing), New York. By 1939
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York. Purchased from Valentine Gallery, 1939 – 1963
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York. Purchased from Chrysler through Sidney Janis Gallery, agent, 1963
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr., 1963

Alternate titles:

La danse (esquisse de panneau décoratif)
Dance (First Version)
(former title)

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