The Little Reader
1923
Here, a young woman is completely absorbed in her book, resting her head on her hand in a pose of deep concentration or perhaps fatigue. Created in 1923, this piece belongs to Matisse’s 'Nice period,' where he traded his wild Fauvist colors for delicate, realistic pencil-like lines. The floral pattern on her blouse is sketched with charming looseness. The '42/50' marking at the bottom reveals this is a limited edition print—likely a lithograph—showing that Matisse wanted his intimate, quiet moments to be shared with many collectors, not just hung in a single grand museum.
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