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It was only when the woodblock was found in the 1960s was it universally accepted that the print was in fact a woodcut.","physicalDescription":"Cut woodblock depicting seated female nude in profile. 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Only on the re-discovery of the wood-block in the 1960s was the print re-instated as a woodcut. An edition of 50 impressions was printed from the block, one exists in MOMA and another in the BM.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"'Nude in profile on a chaise longue (The Large Woodcut)', woodblock (for E.276-1994), Henri Matisse, 1906","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Timmers, Margaret (ed), <i>Impressions of the Twentieth Century: Fine Art Prints from the V&A's Collection</i>, London, V&A Publications, 2001"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Allegra Presenti, <u>Gouge: The Modern Woodcut from 1870 to Now</u> Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, 2008."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"p. 76","free":"<u>Matisse and engraving : the other instrument</u> Milano : Silvana, 2015. 9788836632459 \r\n "},{"reference":{"text":"Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), <i>A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum</i>, London: V&A Publications, 1999.","id":"AUTH348910"},"details":"","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"chaises longues","id":"AAT38151"},{"text":"nudes","id":"AAT189568"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"We can still see the chisel marks that Matisse made as he cut away the wood to create his design. As the lower lying parts of the block were not inked, they did not need a smooth finish. On the block’s surface, boldly cut waves and dots animate the space around the woman, but Matisse left the figure itself in simple outline.","date":{"text":"August 2019","earliest":"2019-08-01","latest":"2019-08-31"}}],"partNumbers":["E.609-1975"],"accessionNumberNum":"609","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1975,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-14","recordCreationDate":"2002-12-06","availableToBook":false}}