The Collector: Nelson Rockefeller
Authors: Tobias Czudej, Susan McDonough
17 October 2024
“Matisse did the mural in Paris from full-scale drawings of the fireplace, but Léger came over to New York and actually did the painting in the apartment. I used to watch Léger with fascination as he painted and the details of the mural unfolded,” Rockefeller reflected in “The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Modern Art” (New York: MoMA, 1978).
Images courtesy of the New York Times, Ezra Stoller/Esto/Courtesy of Rockefeller Foundation; Galerie Gmurzynska; Will Michels/The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Lewis Collection; ©️ 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Image: Henri Matisse, “Le chant” (1938) and Alberto Giacometti, “Pair of Andirons,” designed c. 1933, executed 1939.
Authors: Tobias Czudej, Susan McDonough
17 October 2024
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