Overview: 171 paintings concentrated on works produced by Henri Matisse during the 1920s, when he lived in the South of France.

Organization: Dominique Fourcade, the French authority on Matisse, and Jack Cowart, curator of 20th-century art at the National Gallery, organized this exhibition. E.A. Carmean Jr., then curator of 20th-century art at the National Gallery, contributed to the exhibition in its early stages. Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition and Gordon Anson designed the lighting.

Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by a grant from GTE Corporation and by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.