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ROTHERMEL • NORTHINGTON

IMPRESSIONS OF HOME

No. 1 Place Charles Felix-Interior with Phonograph
Oil on wood with mirror
37 1/2 H x 25 W

"1917-1930 WAS KNOWN AS HENRI MATISSE'S NICE PERIOD. THE FLAT ARBITRARY COLORS OF HIS PRECEEDING PAINTINGS WERE REPLACED BY A MUCH BROADER RANGE OF OF SOFT TONALITIES THAT CONVEY HOW LIGHT CAN SUFFUSE AN INTERIOR."
(J. ELDERFIELD, HENRIE MATTISSE:A RETROSPECTIVE)