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Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917
Between his 1913 return from Morocco and his 1917 departure for Nice, Henri Matisse embarked on one of the most radical periods of invention of his entire career. Join Stephanie D'Alessandro, Gary C. and Frances Comer Curator of Modern Art and exhibition curator, as she examines the artist's "methods of modern construction," his struggles in the face of Cubism and World War I, and how his unparalleled ambition and revolutionary vision culminated in the Art Institute's own Bathers by a River.
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