Woman with a Veil - Original

A study of one of Matisse's portraits. The rich, sonorous color of this intense study is an extreme statement of the artist's palette at the time. The structure of this starkly frontal pose suggests something of the angularity of the model in Decorative Figure. The woman's body seems enveloped in an enormous stole of a diagonal checkered pattern. The local colors, save for the flesh tones and the gray, diaphanous sleeves, seem to be largely of the artist's invention. An original acrylic on Canvas painting measuring 18 X 24 inches This listing is for an original painting and not a copy, reproduction, or duplication. The artist retains all rights to duplication and reproduction.