The Yellow Curtain
1915 painting by Henri Matisse
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The Yellow Curtain (French: Le rideau jaune) is a painting by Henri Matisse created in 1915. Its size is 57+1⁄2 in × 38+1⁄8 in (146 cm × 97 cm). It is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.
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| Artist | Henri Matisse |
| Year | 1915 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 146 cm × 97 cm (57+1⁄2 in × 38+1⁄8 in) |
| Location | Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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, 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, Nelson Rockefeller Bequest, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Weintraub, and Mary Sisler Bequest, all by exchange.[1]