What happens to you when you read?: What happens to <i>you</i> when you read? : ‘The silence that Lives in Houses’ by Henri Matisse, 1947 © Succession H.Matisse/DACS2021

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This image is of an oil/canvas painting by Henri Matisse, titled The Silence that Lives in Houses, 1947. The image shows two faceless figures reading a book at a table with a plant, with a window behind them that has some trees in the background.

‘The silence that Lives in Houses’ by Henri Matisse, 1947 © Succession H.Matisse/DACS2021

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