Henri Matisse. Blue Nude I. 1952. Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel. (c)2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art is the last stop on the national tour for Matisse: Painter as Sculptor, the first major exhibition of Henri Matisse’s sculpture in the U.S. in nearly 40 years. On view through February 3, 2008, this widely acclaimed exhibition brings together more than 160 sculptures, paintings, and drawings from museums and private collections around the world to reveal for the first time how the insights Matisse gained in one medium led to innovations in another. Matisse’s sculptural achievements are also shown in the context of works by his contemporaries and through multimedia presentations that illustrate the production of sculpture and the groundbreaking technology used to uncover the creative process of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.

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Henri Matisse. Large Seated Nude. 1922-1929 (cast 1930). The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection. (c)2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York