id:			146804
accession number:	1972.225
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.225
updated:		2020-11-04 21:13:45.303000

The Windshield, On the Road to Villacoublay, 1917. Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954). Oil on canvas; framed: 58 x 75 x 7 cm (22 13/16 x 29 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 38.2 x 55.2 cm (15 1/16 x 21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride in memory of John Harris McBride II 1972.225 © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				The Windshield, On the Road to Villacoublay
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creation date:			1917
creation date earliest:		1917
creation date latest:		1917
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creditline:			Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride in memory of John Harris McBride II
copyright:			© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 58 x 75 x 7 cm (22 13/16 x 29 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 38.2 x 55.2 cm (15 1/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed upper right: "Henri-Matisse"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		Speed-Visions of an Accelerated Age
	opening date:   1998-09-11T00:00:00
	<i>Speed-Visions of an Accelerated Age</i>. Whitechapel Art Gallery (organizer) (September 11-November 22, 1998).

	title:		Cinématisse
	opening date:   2019-09-18T04:00:00
	<i>Cinématisse</i>. Musée Matisse, Nice, France (organizer) (September 18, 2019-January 5, 2020) http://www.musee-matisse-nice.org/.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Los Angeles, California, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Automobile and Culture, July 21, 1984-January 6, 1985.<br>Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art, Henri Matisse:  The Early Years in Nice, November 2, 1986-March 29, 1987.<br>Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola Museum of Art, Carsinart, May 1, July 15, 1990.<br>London, England. Whitechapel Art Gallery. "Speed" 9/11 - 11/22/98.

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PROVENANCE

	Sold through Bernheim-Jeune to Adrien Hébrard, 1917; Mrs. R. A. Workman, London (1924); (Kraushaar, 1929, sold to donor, Mrs. Malcolm McBride, in 1941)
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Matisse painted this canvas in the summer of 1917 while being chauffeured by his son Pierre toward an airport on the outskirts of Paris. Suddenly, Matisse decided to paint the road from inside the car, which proved challenging, as zooming traffic forced the artist to keep the windows shut and constantly rocked the old Renault back and forth. Matisse nonetheless produced a novel view of life in the modern automobile age.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 249
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n269

	Krauss, Rosalind E. <em>Willem De Kooning Nonstop: Cherchez La Femme</em>. Chicago, London: The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 30; Reproduced: p. 133, figure 62
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