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living with a legend; How does Sophie Matisse, great-granddaughter of the glorious Henri, negotiate life as a painter.(Interview)

Vogue

| March 01, 2006 | Kazanjian, Dodie | COPYRIGHT 2006 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Dodie Kazanjian

I have less resistance to looking at a Matisse than I did before," Sophie Matisse says quietly. Sophie and I are at the Museum of Modern Art, in front of Plum Blossoms, Ochre Background, by Henri Matisse. Recently acquired by MoMA, with an estimated value of $25 million, it is one of the last canvases completed by Sophie's great-grandfather, whom many consider the greatest painter of the twentieth century.

Sophie's "resistance" comes from the fact that she herself is a painter. She has struggled for years with this overwhelming and not always benign legacy, with which she seems finally to be making her peace. Her third solo show ...

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