The Blue Window
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The Blue Window is a 1913 painting by Henri Matisse that exemplifies his bold use of color and flattened interior space, often seen as a key work in his development toward modernist abstraction.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Fenêtre bleue | 1 |
| The Blue Window canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9291582 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Blue Window Context triple: [L’Atelier rouge, relatedWorkByCreator, The Blue Window]
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A.
The High Window
The High Window is a 1942 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe as he unravels a case involving a missing rare coin and a wealthy, troubled family.
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B.
The Bedroom Window
The Bedroom Window is a 1987 neo-noir thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson, in which Steve Guttenberg becomes entangled in a murder investigation after witnessing an attack from his lover’s apartment.
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C.
The Light Behind the Window
The Light Behind the Window is a historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley that intertwines past and present through a family mystery set partly in wartime France.
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D.
The Golden Windows
"The Golden Windows" is a children's book by American author Laura E. Richards, best known for its gentle moral lesson about perception, envy, and appreciating what one already has.
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E.
The House of Blue Leaves
The House of Blue Leaves is a darkly comic play by John Guare that explores fame, madness, and unfulfilled dreams in 1960s Queens, New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Blue Window Target entity description: The Blue Window is a 1913 painting by Henri Matisse that exemplifies his bold use of color and flattened interior space, often seen as a key work in his development toward modernist abstraction.
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A.
The High Window
The High Window is a 1942 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe as he unravels a case involving a missing rare coin and a wealthy, troubled family.
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B.
The Bedroom Window
The Bedroom Window is a 1987 neo-noir thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson, in which Steve Guttenberg becomes entangled in a murder investigation after witnessing an attack from his lover’s apartment.
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C.
The Light Behind the Window
The Light Behind the Window is a historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley that intertwines past and present through a family mystery set partly in wartime France.
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D.
The Golden Windows
"The Golden Windows" is a children's book by American author Laura E. Richards, best known for its gentle moral lesson about perception, envy, and appreciating what one already has.
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E.
The House of Blue Leaves
The House of Blue Leaves is a darkly comic play by John Guare that explores fame, madness, and unfulfilled dreams in 1960s Queens, New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | early 20th century art ⓘ |
| artisticFeature |
bold use of color
ⓘ
decorative patterning ⓘ flattened interior space ⓘ simplified forms ⓘ tendency toward abstraction ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | Matisse catalogue raisonné ⓘ |
| collection |
Museum of Modern Art collection
ⓘ
linked to:
MoMA collections
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| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| creatorBirthName |
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse
ⓘ
linked to:
Henri Matisse
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| creatorBirthYear | 1869 ⓘ |
| creatorDeathYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depictionType | domestic interior ⓘ |
| depicts |
curtains
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flowers ⓘ lamp ⓘ landscape seen through window ⓘ table ⓘ vase ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Museum of Modern Art, New York exhibitions ⓘ |
| genre | modernist painting ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle |
La Fenêtre bleue
ⓘ
linked to:
The Blue Window
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| inception | 1913 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Fauvist color theory
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Post-Impressionism ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| location |
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
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| mainSubject |
interior scene
ⓘ
night scene ⓘ window ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Fauvism
ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Henri Matisse’s interior paintings ⓘ |
| significance | key work in Matisse’s development toward modernist abstraction ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| usesColor |
blue
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green ⓘ red ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1913 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Blue Window Description of subject: The Blue Window is a 1913 painting by Henri Matisse that exemplifies his bold use of color and flattened interior space, often seen as a key work in his development toward modernist abstraction.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Blue Window