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    		• Matisse, Henri,
     
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    		• Georges Rudier Fondeur,
     
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    		• Valsuani,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Figure female -- Nude
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    Backs, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954, sculptor.
    Georges Rudier Fondeur, founder.
    Valsuani, founder.
    Title: 
    Backs, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Back I, (sculpture).
    Back II, (sculpture).
    Back III, (sculpture).
    Back IV, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Back I: 1909. Back II: 1913. Back III: 1916-1917. Back IV: 1930. Cast between 1955-1960. Dedicated 1984.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    4 panels. (Back I: approx. 74 5/8 x 45 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.): (Back II: approx. 74 5/8 x 47 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.); (Back III: approx. 73 7/8 x 44 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.); (Back IV: approx. 74 1/2 x 44 9/16 x 7 in.); Wall: approx. 10 ft. 7 in. x 73 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.
    Description: 
    Four bronze relief panels mounted on a granite wall behind a reflecting pool. Each panel is a life-size study of a female back. The panels are arranged chronologically with the oldest executed panel on the left and the newest on the right.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Figure female -- Nude
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth
    Fountain
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    On loan to City of Fort Worth, Planning Department, Parks and Recreation Department, 1000 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
    Lent by Burnett-Tandy Foundation, 801 Cherry Street, Suite 1400, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
    Located Burnett Park, West 7th, Lamar & West 10th, Fort Worth, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque: " 'Backs'. Henri Matisse. In memory of Anne Burnett Tandy. Loaned by the Anne Burnette and Charles Tandy Foundation. 1984." The sculpture was purchased by the Foundation in 1982 and incorporated into a plan to refurbish Burnett Park. The panels were executed in clay by Matisse between 1909 and 1931; and were cast in bronze between 1955 and 1960. Back I, II and III were cast by Georges Rudier; Back IV was cast by Valsuani. IAS files contain copy of related article from Southern Living Magazine, Oct. 1985, pg. 10-11. For additional information see Isabella Monod-Fontaine's "The Sculpture of Henri Matisse", 1984; and Michael P. Mezzatesta's "Henri Matisse Sculptor/Painter", Fort Worth: 1984.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Fort Worth survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Southern Living Magazine, Oct. 1985, pg. 10-11.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS TX000989
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