NEW YORK, NY.- Matisse: Radical Invention, 19131917, a large-scale investigation into a pivotal moment in the career of Henri Matisse (18691954), presents an important reassessment of the artists work between 1913 and 1917, revealing this period to be one of the most significant chapters in Matisses evolution as an artist. On view from July 18 through October 11, 2010, at The Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition examines paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints made by the artist between his return to Paris from Morocco in 1913 to his departure for Nice in 1917. Over these five years, he developed his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic works: paintings that are abstracted, often purged of descriptive detail, geometrically composed, and dominated by blacks and grays. Comprising nearly 110 of the artists works, Matisse: Radical Invention, 19131917 is the first exhibition devoted to this