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1932 painting by Henri Matisse
The Dance by Henri Matisse is a triptychmural (15 ft high by 45 ft long) in the Barnes Foundation.
It was created in 1932[1] at the request of Albert C. Barnes after he met Matisse in the United States. Barnes was an art enthusiast and long-time collector of Matisse's works, and agreed to pay Matisse a total of $30,000 for the mural, which was expected to take a year.[2]
The mural was to be placed above three arches spanning the windows of the main hall of Barnes' gallery.
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In Nice, France, Matisse executed the mural on canvas provided by Barnes, as opposed to working on site. This was an unusual approach for such a work, but the patron had offered him complete artistic freedom, and working onsite would in any event have been impractical.
For Matisse, the project proved to be beset with difficulties, and would end up taking him two years, leaving him physically and emotionally drained. He was also profou
