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Jeune fille belongs to the series of elegant pen and ink drawings executed in 1935-1937 on the subject of a woman wearing an embroidered Romanian blouse, which the artist began in the winter of 1935 in Nice in his studio at place Charles-Félix; such was the artist's satisfaction with the drawings that thirty-five of the sheets were reproduced in a special issue of Cahiers d'Art in the same year, while the present drawing, which was executed in the following year, was illustrated in the very first issue of the seminal art journal Verve. These drawings relate to some of the most significant oils of the artist's latter career, including La blouse roumaine, 1940 (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris) and Le rêve, 1940 (Private collection).
In a letter describing the latter oil, Le rêve, Matisse mentions his fascination with the intricate embroidery and rich colours of a Romanian blouse, 'which must have belonged to a princess' (Matisse, l'oeuvre gravé, Paris, Bibliothéque National, 1970, p. 93). Matisse's interest in exotic costume and oriental themes had first emerged in the 1920s when he began to express an interest in the interplay of ornamental patterns. The present work shows his continuing fascination with decorative designs, and unlike the related oils where the patterns of the blouse and skirt are reduced to give colour its full force, here it is the quality of line and the exploration of intricate detail that holds the artist's interest.
The elaborate decoration of Jeune fille is perfectly in harmony with the virtuoso handling of the pen evident in this large and complex work. The nature of the medium of line drawing in ink allows for no corrections, and thus, according to Matisse, 'My line drawing is the purest and most direct translation of my emotion. The simplification of the medium allows for that' (H. Matisse, 'Notes d'un peintre sur son dessin', 1939, in. D. Fourcade (ed.), Henri Matisse, Ecrits et propos sur l'art, Paris, 1972).
Jeune fille belongs to the series of elegant pen and ink drawings executed in 1935-1937 on the subject of a woman wearing an embroidered Romanian blouse, which the artist began in the winter of 1935 in Nice in his studio at place Charles-Félix; such was the artist's satisfaction with the drawings that thirty-five of the sheets were reproduced in a special issue of Cahiers d'Art in the same year, while the present drawing, which was executed in the following year, was illustrated in the very first issue of the seminal art journal Verve. These drawings relate to some of the most significant oils of the artist's latter career, including La blouse roumaine, 1940 (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris) and Le rêve, 1940 (Private collection).
In a letter describing the latter oil, Le rêve, Matisse mentions his fascination with the intricate embroidery and rich colours of a Romanian blouse, 'which must have belonged to a princess' (Matisse, l'oeuvre gravé, Paris, Bibliothéque National, 1970, p. 93). Matisse's interest in exotic costume and oriental themes had first emerged in the 1920s when he began to express an interest in the interplay of ornamental patterns. The present work shows his continuing fascination with decorative designs, and unlike the related oils where the patterns of the blouse and skirt are reduced to give colour its full force, here it is the quality of line and the exploration of intricate detail that holds the artist's interest.
The elaborate decoration of Jeune fille is perfectly in harmony with the virtuoso handling of the pen evident in this large and complex work. The nature of the medium of line drawing in ink allows for no corrections, and thus, according to Matisse, 'My line drawing is the purest and most direct translation of my emotion. The simplification of the medium allows for that' (H. Matisse, 'Notes d'un peintre sur son dessin', 1939, in. D. Fourcade (ed.), Henri Matisse, Ecrits et propos sur l'art, Paris, 1972).