Friday, December 20, 2013

THE VIRGIN AND CHILD


Henri Matisse


"And when My Mother, pretty as a church,
Takes me upon her lap, I laugh with love,
Loving to live in her flesh, which is My house - and full of
light!"

From:
The Holy Child's Song
Thomas Merton

The Virgin and Child
Detail form a study by Matisse,1948-49
for the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence, France
Vogue December 1970

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