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Over the course of the next year, he painted her almost fifty times: standing, sitting, lying down; clothed, nude, or—as here—somewhere in between. Wrapped in a black lace mantilla, the model’s body is at once revealed and concealed. Her direct but sightless gaze lends the encounter a peculiar erotic charge. The painter’s obsession with Lorette coincided with a transformation in his style, a shift from the abstract approach of his youth to the more concrete and harmonious manner of his maturity. Like many paintings of its model, <i>The Black Shawl</i> perches uneasily between the avant-garde provocations of early Matisse and the sensuous forms of late.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-1"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 details-slider"> <div class="slide"> <div class="detail-image-item"> <div class="img-wrap"> <a href="/art/viewer/M.1982.3.P" target="_blank"> <picture class="img-m1x main-image">  <source srcset="//images.nortonsimon.org/iipsrv/iipsrv.fcgi?QLT=100&IIIF=M19823P.jpf/full/!668,1002/0/default.jpg, //images.nortonsimon.org/iipsrv/iipsrv.fcgi?QLT=100&IIIF=M19823P.jpf/full/!668,1002/0/default.jpg 2x" media="(max-width: 767px)"> <source srcset="//images.nortonsimon.org/iipsrv/iipsrv.fcgi?QLT=100&IIIF=M19823P.jpf/full/!668,1002/0/default.jpg">  <img src="//images.nortonsimon.org/iipsrv/iipsrv.fcgi?QLT=100&IIIF=M19823P.jpf/full/!668,1002/0/default.jpg" alt="The Black Shawl" title="The Black Shawl" onerror="this.onerror='';this.parentNode.children[1].srcset = '/_resources/themes/nsm/images/defaults/collection-image-desktop.png';"/> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="desc-text"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-11"></div> <div class="col-xs-1"><a href="/art/viewer/M.1982.3.P" class="zoom-link"><i class="fa-thin fa-expand"><span class="sr-only">Zoom Image</span></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 details-slider-nav-thumbnails"> <a style="background-image: url('//images.nortonsimon.org/iipsrv/iipsrv.fcgi?QLT=100&IIIF=M19823P.jpf/full/!668,1002/0/default.jpg');"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="alt-rows details-row"> <div class="container container-large"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <h3 class="col_details">Details</h3> </div> <ul class="object-list col-xs-12"> <li class="col-list-item"> <span class="title">Artist Name: </span> <span class="text"><a href="https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/search-the-collection/result?artists[]=816" class="maker-link">Henri Matisse</a> (French, 1869-1954) </span> </li> <li class="col-list-item"> <span class="title">Title: </span> <span class="text">The Black Shawl </span> </li> <li class="col-list-item"> <span class="title">Date:</span> <span class="text"> 1917 </span> </li> <li class="col-list-item"> <span class="title">Medium: </span> <span class="text">Oil on canvas </span> </li> <li class="col-list-item"> <span class="title">Dimensions: </span> <span class="text">26-1/2 x 50-3/4 in. (67.3 x 128.9 cm) </span> </li> <li class="col-list-item"> <span class="title">Credit Line: </span> <span class="text">Norton Simon Art Foundation, Gift of Mr. Norton Simon </span> </li> <li class="col-list-item"> <span class="title">Accession Number: </span> <span class="text">M.1982.3.P </span> </li> <li class="col-list-item"> <span class="title">Copyright: </span> <span class="text">© Succession H. Matisse/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Reproduction, including downloading of ARS works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="alt-rows object-row"> <div class="container container-large"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <h3 class="obj_details">Object Information</h3> </div> </div> <div class="row object-items"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"> <div class="panel-group" id="accordion-provenance" role="tablist" aria-multiselectable="true"> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="headingThree"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="collapsed" role="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion-provenance" href="/art/detail/M.1982.3.P/#provenance" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="provenance"><i class="more-less pull-right fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-plus"></i>Provenance</a></h4> </div> <div id="provenance" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="headingThree"> <div class="panel-body">[Lucien Demotte, Paris and New York, by 1931, still in 1934]. <br> Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York, by 1940, still in 1951, sold to;<br> [Stephen Hahn Gallery, New York, sold August 1968 to];<br> Norton Simon (sale, New York, Christie’s, 21 October 1980, lot 202, ill., as Lorette VII L’ Écharpe noire, bought-in); <br> Norton Simon, gift 1982 to;<br> Norton Simon Art Foundation.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-group" id="accordion-exhibitions" role="tablist" aria-multiselectable="true"> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="headingThree"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="collapsed" role="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion-exhibitions" href="/art/detail/M.1982.3.P/#exhibitions" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="exhibitions"><i class="more-less pull-right fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-plus"></i>Exhibition History</a></h4> </div> <div id="exhibitions" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="headingThree"> <div class="panel-body"> <p>Oeuvres des XIX et XX siècles</p> <ul> <li>Galerie de la Renaissance, to </li> <li>Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to </li> </ul> <p>Exhibition of Important Paintings: Old and Modern Masters in the New York Art Market from the Collections of Leading New York Dealers</p> <ul> <li>New York, American Art Association, American-Anderson Art Galleries, 1931-03-15 to 1931-04-04</li> </ul> <p>Henri Matisse. Exposition organisée au profit de l'Orphelinat des Arts</p> <ul> <li>Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 1931-06-16 to 1931-07-25</li> </ul> <p>Exhibition of French Painting from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day</p> <ul> <li>California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1934-06-08 to 1934-07-08</li> </ul> <p>Cornerstone for a College Art Collection: An Outline Exhibition of the History of Art</p> <ul> <li>Oberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum, 1939-05-22 to 1939-06-15</li> </ul> <p>The Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.</p> <ul> <li>Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1941-01-16 to 1941-03-04</li> <li>Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1941-03-29 to 1941-05-11</li> </ul> <p>Origins of Modern Art</p> <ul> <li>Arts Club of Chicago, 1940-04-02 to 1940-04-30</li> </ul> <p>Matisse/Odalisque</p> <ul> <li>Norton Simon Museum, 2019-02-22 to 2019-06-17</li> </ul> <p>Dreaming in Color: The Art of Henri Matisse</p> <ul> <li>Norton Simon Museum, 1989-11-09 to 1990-04-15</li> </ul> <p>Reinstallation of South Wing</p> <ul> <li>Norton Simon Museum, 1993-10-07 to 1995-08-13</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"> <div class="panel-group" id="accordion-publications" role="tablist" aria-multiselectable="true"> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="headingThree"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="collapsed" role="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion-publications" href="/art/detail/M.1982.3.P/#publications" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="publications"><i class="more-less pull-right fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-plus"></i>Publication History</a></h4> </div> <div id="publications" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="headingThree"> <div class="panel-body"><ul> <li><i>L'Art Vivant</i>, </li> <li><i>Art News</i>, p. 8</li> <li><i>Cahiers d'Art</i>, nos. 5-6 pp. 77, 298</li> <li><i>Formes</i>, </li> <li>Barnes, Albert and V. de Mazia, <i>The Art of Henri Matisse</i>, 1933, no. 82 p. 439</li> <li><i>Oberlin Bulletin</i>, 1939, no. 60 </li> <li>Barr, Alfred H. Jr., <i>Matisse: His Art and His Public</i>, 1951, no. 152a pp. 191, 542, 572</li> <li>Cowart, J. and D. Fourcade, <i>Henri Matisse, the Early Years in Nice, 1916-1930</i>, 1986, p. 61, pl. 3; p. 236, fig. 3 pp. 61, 236</li> <li><i>Masterpieces from the Norton Simon Museum</i>, 1989, p. 176</li> <li>Dauberville, Guy-Patrice; and Michel Dauberville, <i>Matisse: Henri Matisse chez Bernheim-Jeune</i>, 1995, pp. 216, 266</li> <li>Flam, Jack, et al., <i>Matisse in Transition: Around Laurette</i>, 2006, Figure 17 p. 21</li> <li>Campbell, Sara, <i>Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best</i>, 2010, cat. 522 p. 308</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="alt-rows"> <div class="container container-large"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-12"> <h3 class="related_media">Related Media</h3> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-3 col-center-block rel-item lang_en"> <a class="rel-img-holder" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#relatedAudio1"> <i class="fas fa-headphones"></i> </a> <div class="subtitle">Listen<button style="margin-left:4px;border:none;" class="audio-play-icon hidden" id="355_en_icon" data-rel="355_en" title="toggle stop"><i class="fas fa-play"></i></button></div> <div class="short-info">Audio Tour <br><a class="lang" data-lang="en">English</a> | <a class="lang" data-lang="es">Español</a></div> <div id="relatedAudio1" class="audio-modal modal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog" role="document"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <div class="audio-holder lang_en"> <div class="audio-item"> <audio src="//audio.nortonsimon.org/english/355.mp3" id="355_en" class="js-custom-audio" title=" Listen to the audio tour"></audio> </div> </div> </div> <div class="modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-3 col-center-block rel-item lang_en"> <a class="rel-img-holder" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#relatedContent"> <i class="fas fa-book-reader"></i> </a> <div class="subtitle">Read</div> <div class="short-info"> Audio Tour Transcript<br><a class="lang" data-lang="en">English</a> | <a class="lang" data-lang="es">Español</a></div> <div class="content" style="display:none;"><strong>NARRATOR:</strong><br>In 1912, Henri Matisse fled cold, gray Paris to spend nearly nine months in Morocco. In 1918, when he painted this picture, Matisse’s art was still reverberating from that experience. <br><br>Here, he depicts his model Lorette in translucent black lace, draped languidly on a bed like a mysterious odalisque, or concubine. She looks out at us alluringly, her black hair cascading in a single luxuriant curl. The sinuous line of her body and the floral patterns of the lace and bedspread vie for attention, recalling the rich ornamental traditions of Northern Africa.<br><br>The Arab world left a lasting impression on Matisse, shaping his art throughout his career. As early as 1906 he was in Algeria, fusing its colorful tiles and fabrics into decorative paintings. He said:<br><br><strong>MATISSE [ACTOR]:</strong><br>“What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter, an art which might be for every mental worker… like an appeasing influence, something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.”</div> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-3 col-center-block rel-item lang_es"> <a class="rel-img-holder" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#relatedAudio2"> <i class="fas fa-headphones"></i> </a> <div class="subtitle">Escuchar<button style="margin-left:4px;border:none;" class="audio-play-icon hidden" id="355_es_icon" data-rel="355_es" title="toggle stop"><i class="fas fa-play"></i></button></div> <div class="short-info">Audioguía <br><a class="lang" data-lang="en">English</a> | <a class="lang" data-lang="es">Español</a></div> <div id="relatedAudio2" class="audio-modal modal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog" role="document"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <div class="audio-holder lang_es"> <div class="audio-item"> <audio src="//audio.nortonsimon.org/spanish/355.mp3" id="355_es" class="js-custom-audio" title=" Escuche el audio tour"></audio> </div> </div> </div> <div class="modal-footer"> <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-3 col-center-block rel-item lang_es"> <a class="rel-img-holder" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#relatedContent"> <i class="fas fa-book-reader"></i> </a> <div class="subtitle">Leer</div> <div class="short-info">Transcripción de Audioguía<br><a class="lang" data-lang="en">English</a> | <a class="lang" data-lang="es">Español</a></div> <div class="content" style="display:none;"><STRONG>NARRADOR:</STRONG> En 1912, Henri Matisse dejó el París frío y gris, para pasar casi nueve meses en Marruecos. En 1918, cuando pintó este cuadro, el arte de Matisse aún tenía repercusiones de esa experiencia. Aquí, pintó a su modelo Lorette en un encaje negro traslúcido, recostada lánguidamente en una cama, como una misteriosa odalisca o concubina. Nos mira de manera seductora, con su cabello negro cayendo en un hermoso y abundante rizo. La sinuosa línea de su cuerpo y el diseño de flores del encaje y del cubrecama se disputan la atención, recordando las ricas tradiciones decorativas del norte de África. El mundo árabe dejó una duradera impresión en Matisse, que determinó su arte a través de toda su carrera. En una fase tan temprana como 1906, él ya estaba en Argelia, fusionando sus azulejos y coloridas telas en decorativos cuadros. Él dijo: <strong>MATISSE (ACTOR):</strong> “Con lo que sueño es con un arte de equilibro, pureza y serenidad carente de temas perturbadores o deprimentes, un arte que pueda ser para cada trabajador cerebral una influencia apaciguadora, algo como una buena silla para descansar de la fatiga física”.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="alt-rows"> <div class="container container-large artist-images"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-12"> <h3 class="col_artwork">Additional Artwork by Artist</h3> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-3 col-center-block rel-item img-item"> <a href="https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/M.1989.1.20.L" alt="Autograph Letter to Ambroise Vollard, Paris Dealer and Publisher - Matisse, Henri" title="Autograph Letter to Ambroise Vollard, Paris Dealer and Publisher" class="rel-img-holder" style="background-image: url('/assets/Uploads/90a5fef0f0/square-not-available-802__ScaleWidthWzQwMF0.png');background-position: center;"></a> <span class="title caption">Autograph Letter to Ambroise Vollard, Paris Dealer and Publisher </span> <span class="maker caption">Henri Matisse </span> <span class="date caption">February 13, 1913 </span> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-3 col-center-block rel-item img-item"> <a href="https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/M.1989.1.21.L" alt="Autograph Letter to Vilma Javor, One of His Models - Matisse, Henri" title="Autograph Letter to Vilma Javor, One of His Models" class="rel-img-holder" style="background-image: url('/assets/Uploads/90a5fef0f0/square-not-available-802__ScaleWidthWzQwMF0.png');background-position: center;"></a> <span class="title caption">Autograph Letter to Vilma Javor, One of His Models </span> <span class="maker caption">Henri Matisse </span> <span class="date caption">August 19, 1939 </span> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-3 col-center-block rel-item img-item"> <a href="https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/M.2010.1.63.1-20.G" alt="Jazz - Matisse, Henri" title="Jazz" class="rel-img-holder" style="background-image: url('/assets/Uploads/90a5fef0f0/square-not-available-802__ScaleWidthWzQwMF0.png');background-position: center;"></a> <span class="title caption">Jazz </span> <span class="maker caption">Henri Matisse </span> <span class="date caption">1947 </span> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-3 col-center-block rel-item"> <a href="https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/search-the-collection/result?artists[]=816" class="rel-img-holder link-see-all"><span>SEE ALL</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="alt-rows request-image"> <div class="container container-large"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-12"> <div class="panel-group" id="accordion-request-image" role="tablist" aria-multiselectable="true"> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="requestImageHeader"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="collapsed" role="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion-request-image" href="/art/detail/M.1982.3.P/#request-image" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="request-image"><i class="more-less pull-right fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-plus"></i><span class="panel-header-text">Request an Image</span></a></h4> </div> <div id="request-image" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="requestImageHeader"> <div class="panel-body columns-2"><p>Image reproduction permission may be granted for scholarly or arts related commercial use. 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