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"tombstone": "Two Women, c. 1908. Henri Matisse (French, 1869\u20131954). Bronze; overall: 45.7 x 25.7 cm (18 x 10 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark, 1957.144. \u00a9 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
"current_location": "223 20th Century Avant-Garde",
"title": "Two Women",
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"department": "Modern European Painting and Sculpture",
"collection": "Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960",
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"measurements": "Overall: 45.7 x 25.7 cm (18 x 10 1/8 in.)",
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"inscription": "Signed: \"Henri Matisse 3/10\" on base\r\nStamped \"HM\" in over on base ",
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"id": 302145,
"title": "Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture",
"description": "Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).",
"opening_date": "1975-09-24T04:00:00"
},
{
"id": 311646,
"title": "Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors",
"description": "Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996).",
"opening_date": "1995-11-22T05:00:00"
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{
"id": 543374,
"title": "Matisse and the Sea",
"description": "Matisse and the Sea. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (organizer) (February 17-May 12, 2024).",
"opening_date": "2024-02-17T05:00:00"
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"description": "(Galerie Pierre Matisse, Paris, France, May 1929)",
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"date": "1929",
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"description": "(Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, NY)",
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{
"description": "Mr. Harold T. Clark [1882-1965] and Mrs. Harold T. Clark [1896-1971], Cleveland,OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"did_you_know": "Matisse based this sculpture on a photograph of two women published in the ethnographic journal L\u2019Humanit\u00e9 feminine (Feminine Humanity) in 1907.",
"description": "This is the only sculpture Henri Matisse made of multiple figures. At first glance, the figures may appear identical; however, upon more careful observation, differences in their poses become apparent. One stands with legs together; the other\u2019s legs are apart. One figure\u2019s arm hangs freely; the other\u2019s rests near her hip. Yet in another sense, the two figures act as one, mirrored so that the viewer can see the front and back of the human form simultaneously.",
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"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60762469"
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, Gabriel P. Weisberg, and H. W. Janson. Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.",
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"url": null
},
{
"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: P. 22",
"url": ""
},
{
"citation": "Kelly, Simon. Matisse and the Sea. Saint Louis, Mo.: Saint Louis Art Museum; Munich, Germany: Hirmer, 2024.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 82-83",
"url": ""
}
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"url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.144",
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"creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark",
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"gallery_donor_text": "Michael J. Horvitz Family Gallery",
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"alternate_titles": [
"Deux N\u00e9gresses (Two Negresses)"
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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:49:32.150000"
}
}