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"title": "In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.",
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"title": "Paths of Abstract Art",
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"title": "Henri Matisse",
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"title": "Henri Matisse: Process and Variation",
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"title": "Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse",
"description": "Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6, 2015-January 5, 2016).",
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"title": "Matisse in the Studio",
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"did_you_know": "When Matisse's Blue Nude was shown in the 1913 Armory show, the violent, unnaturalistic colors and distorted forms so enraged students and faculty from the Art Institute of Chicago that they burned a copy in effigy.",
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"description": "In this interior, a woman is seated at a table with an open book and scattered fruits. The artist painted green potted philodendrons, a red patterned curtain, and an orange antique vase to create an exuberantly colorful composition. Henri Matisse painted this interior in his studio-residence at the H\u00f4tel R\u00e9gina in Nice on the coast of southeastern France about six months after the outbreak of WWII. As he explained in a letter to a friend, making art provided the equilibrium he needed to withstand the tragedy unfolding in the world beyond his studio.",
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"citation": "Ballou, Mary G. \"\"Interior with Etruscan Vase\" by Henri Matisse.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 10 (December 1952): 239-241.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n96"
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
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"citation": "Sievers, Ann H., Linda D. Muehlig, and Nancy Rich. Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art. New York, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2000.",
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"citation": "May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.",
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"citation": "Tanaka, Masayuki, and Chika Amano. Matisu ten. To\u0304kyo\u0304, Japan: Yomiuri Shinbun To\u0304kyo\u0304 Honsha Bunka, 2004.",
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"citation": "Mu\u0308ller-Tamm, Pia, ed. Henri Matisse: Figure, Color, Space. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005.",
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"citation": "Ciuha, Delia. Eros in der Kunst der Moderne: Ausstellung \"Eros in der Kunst der Moderne\", Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, 8. Oktober 2006-18. Februar 2007 ; BA-CA Kunstforum, Wien, 1. Ma\u0308rz - 22. Juli 2007. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2006.",
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"citation": "Treasures of the Cleveland Museum of Art. London, United Kingdom: Scala Books, 2012.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
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"citation": "Essers, Volkmar. Henri Matisse, 1869-1954: Master of Colour. K\u00f6ln: Benedikt Taschen, 2016.",
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"citation": "McBreen, Ellen. \"The Studio as Theater.\" In Matisse in the Studio. Ellen McBreen, and Helen Burnham, 113-139. Boston, Massachusetts: MFA publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2017.",
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"citation": "Dorfman, John. \"Matisse Madness.\" Art & Antiques, (Apr. 2017): 48-54.",
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"citation": "Gu\u00e9gan, St\u00e9phane. Matisse sans Fronti\u00e8res. [Paris]: Gallimard, 2025.",
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"citation": "Grammont, Claudine, and Ellen McBreen. Matisse. Translated by Christian Vair. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2025.",
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"citation": "Wright, Alastair. \"Figure and Flora: Matisse, Vitality, and the Search for Harmony.\" In Matisse: The Pursuit of Harmony, John Klein, ed., 60-85. New York: Rizzoli, 2026.",
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