La Gerbe
E223545
La Gerbe is a colorful, abstract paper cut-out composition by Henri Matisse, exemplifying his late-career "cut-out" technique and dynamic sense of form and movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Gerbe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1977812 — 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: La Gerbe Context triple: [cut-out period, notableWork, La Gerbe]
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A.
L’Aube
L’Aube is the original French title of Elie Wiesel’s novel "Dawn," which explores a young Holocaust survivor’s moral struggle as he prepares to execute a British officer in postwar Palestine.
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B.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
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C.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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D.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
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E.
The Gleaners
The Gleaners is an 1857 realist painting by Jean-François Millet that poignantly depicts three peasant women gleaning leftover grain in a field, symbolizing rural poverty and social inequality in 19th-century France.
- 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: La Gerbe Target entity description: La Gerbe is a colorful, abstract paper cut-out composition by Henri Matisse, exemplifying his late-career "cut-out" technique and dynamic sense of form and movement.
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A.
L’Aube
L’Aube is the original French title of Elie Wiesel’s novel "Dawn," which explores a young Holocaust survivor’s moral struggle as he prepares to execute a British officer in postwar Palestine.
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B.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
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C.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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D.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
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E.
The Gleaners
The Gleaners is an 1857 realist painting by Jean-François Millet that poignantly depicts three peasant women gleaning leftover grain in a field, symbolizing rural poverty and social inequality in 19th-century France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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collage ⓘ paper cut-out ⓘ |
| artForm | visual art ⓘ |
| artist | Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique |
cut-out
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gouache-painted paper cut-outs ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Matisse’s paper cut-out technique
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experiments in color and form ⓘ |
| colorCharacteristic | colorful ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depicts |
flower-like forms
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leaf-like forms ⓘ stylized organic shapes ⓘ |
| genre | abstract art ⓘ |
| has2DShape | rectangular format ⓘ |
| hasArtHistoricalSignificance |
iconic work of late Matisse
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major example of Matisse’s cut-out period ⓘ |
| hasForm | abstract composition ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
decorative
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non-figurative ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
abstracted natural forms
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evocation of a bouquet or sheaf ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Henri Matisse’s interest in color
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Henri Matisse’s interest in simplified forms ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
gouache
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paper ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| partOf |
Henri Matisse cut-outs
ⓘ
linked to:
Matisse cut-outs
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| period | late career of Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| shows |
dynamic sense of form
ⓘ
sense of movement ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | The Sheaf ⓘ |
| usesColor |
contrasting colors
ⓘ
high saturation ⓘ vivid hues ⓘ |
| usesCompositionalDevice |
all-over composition
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overlapping shapes ⓘ rhythmic repetition of forms ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
flat areas of color
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layered arrangement of shapes ⓘ sharp cut edges ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Gerbe Description of subject: La Gerbe is a colorful, abstract paper cut-out composition by Henri Matisse, exemplifying his late-career "cut-out" technique and dynamic sense of form and movement.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.