Reclining Woman

Henri Matisse

1941

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Full length portrait of male figure sitting with legs cross and fingers laced placed in his lap. He wears a white turban and white jacket with a large piece of brown fabric draped over his shoulders. This series is a product of Jacovleff's involvement in the Expédition Citroën Centre-Asie.
A woman leans on a satyr that looks up at her. She gently holds onto the arm of a young child. The child reaches up to her and the satyr.
Bust-length view of sitter, at a slight angle to picture plane (left proper shoulder receding slightly). Head is tilted to proper left. Hair and features indicated in detail, while body remains summarily treated; brooch(?) at neckline.
Two monkeys are depicted climbing on a tree.