Henri Matisse, Large Reclining Nude / The Pink Nude, 1935. Oil on canvas. 26 × 36 ½ in. (66.0 × 92.7 cm). The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland. BMA 1950.258. © 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. 

Henri Matisse, Reclining Nude I (Aurora), 1907. Bronze, 13 9/16 × 19 5/8 × 11 in. (34.4 × 49.9 × 27.9 cm). The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland. BMA 1950.429. © 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

DALLAS.- The Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center have partnered to present the first major exhibition in more than two decades to explore Henri Matisse’s sculptural works. Matisse: Painter as Sculptor will examine the artist’s sculpture as a vital part of a multifaceted conversation among the different media in his work and will reach farther than any before to highlight Matisse’s achievements as a sculptor. Featuring more than 150 sculptures, paintings, and drawings, as well as photographs of the artist at work, the exhibition will present new insight into Matisse’s creative process and will contextualize his achievement through comparative works of other modern masters. (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)