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Henri Rousseau

18 March to 3 May 1942

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Henri Rousseau
French, 1844–1910
49 exhibitions

New York Times Review of the exhibition

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18 March 1942

ART BY ROUSSEAU SHOWN AT MUSEUM; ' Primitive' Works by French Customs Officer on View Today at Modern Art JUNGLE THEME RECURRENT Weird Tropical Flora Hallmark of Painter -- Period From 1885 to 1910 Spanned

By Edward Alden JEWELL

The strange case of Henri Rousseau, the little French customs officer and "primitive" extraordinary, is unfurled on the walls of the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West Fifty-third Street, where an invitation preview took place last evening.

New York Times • page 27 • 796 words