Matisse
Americannoun
noun
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Art by Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder and Henri Matisse is displayed throughout the space and is available to purchase through auction or private sale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
MoMA’s show also nods to its own history with the power couple: Rivera received the museum’s second-ever retrospective in 1931, after Henri Matisse, and Kahlo entered the collection in 1943.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Eric Boughton, a portfolio manager at Matisse Capital, an active investor in closed-end funds through two mutual funds including Matisse Discounted Closed-End Fund Strategy, thinks the discount could be as deep as the teens.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
Officials have not yet released a detailed list of the stolen works, but according to Folha de São Paulo newspaper, a collage Matisse made for the limited-edition art book Jazz is among those taken.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
The carving, to my taste, is beautifully done, as graphically elegant, despite the gory subject matter, as a Matisse.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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