''Le rideau jaune'' (''The Yellow Curtain'') is a painting by
Henri Matisse
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created in 1915. Its size is 57½ × 38⅛" (146 × 97 cm).
It is currently in the collection of the
Museum of Modern Art
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Matisse's original title for the painting, ''Composition'', draws attention to its
abstract quality. Interviewed in 1931, Matisse explained that the painting represents a view from a curtained window in his home at
Issy-les-Moulineaux
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, including the blue glass canopy that covered the front door.
It was donated to them as a gift of Jo Carole and
Ronald S. Lauder
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Nelson Rockefeller
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Bequest, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Weintraub, and Mary Sisler Bequest, all by exchange.
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References
1915 paintings
Paintings by Henri Matisse
Paintings in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (New York City)
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