Le Luxe I, 1907

Le Luxe I, a full-size study for the final version in Copenhagen, is undoubtedly more "interesting" to the critic preoccupied with the evolution of Matisse's art. However, it is infinitely less complete, less "realized" than the more articulate, simplified, and compact statement of Le Luxe II, which remains one of the artist's most serene images. Iconographically a condensation of Luxe, calme et volupte, its two major figures, the statuesque but hardly sculptural standing figure and the one crouching at her feet, actually derive from the two figures to the left of Joy of Life. The crouching figure has now been reversed, and the standing one here lowers her arms.  100% Hand painted art: Size: Various Sizes Available Medium:  Oil on canvas Type: Reproduction Artist: Henri Matisse Delivery Time: 14-21 days Item #: MATISSE-013 Le Luxe I, 1907 by Henri Matisse can be reproduced with the same emotions of the original masterpiece. In our in-house studio artists carefully recreate the