马蒂斯素描《穿条纹裤的坐姿宫女》

整个20世纪20年代，亨利·马蒂斯反复描绘一位穿着这条条纹裤的女模特。画中人很可能是亨丽埃特·达里卡雷尔——一位住在马蒂斯工作室附近的年轻艺术家、音乐家和表演者，她留着画中所示的标志性波波头。与这一时期的其他作品一样，马蒂斯在这幅画的标题中将达里卡雷尔称为"宫女"，这反映了他对不久前游历过的摩洛哥的着迷。通过将主人公置于闺房之中，艺术家呈现了一种虚构且理想化的非西方文化图景。

Throughout the 1920s, Henri Matisse repeatedly depicted a female model wearing the pair of striped pantaloons seen in this drawing. The sitter was likely Henriette Darricarrière, a young artist, musician, and performer who lived near his studio and wore her hair in the distinctive bob seen here. In the title of this work, like others from this period, Matisse referred to Darricarrière as an odalisque, suggesting his fascination with Morocco, where he had recently traveled. By setting his subject in a harem, the artist presented an invented and idealized vision of non-Western culture.