Artworks · Henri Matisse

Pasiphaé

1981 · Unbound book, in two volumes, with handset type in black and red and 82 linocuts in black, five linocuts in red, and one in blue on white wove paper, tucked in two paper wrappers, each with linocut in blue on white wove paper, and in ivory paperboard covers with ivory linen and red stamped spine and ivory paperboard slipcase with red linen trim

Each volume, closed: 34.4 × 26.5 × 4.3 cm (13 9/16 × 10 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.); Slipcase: 34.4 × 27 × 9.5 cm (13 9/16 × 10 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

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Frontispiece from Portraits by André Saurent

1954 · Lithograph

composition: 11 11/16 x 9 5/16" (29.7 x 23.7 cm); sheet: 12 3/16 x 9 5/8" (31 x 24.4 cm)

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The Snail

1953 · Gouache on paper, cut and pasted on paper mounted on canvas

support: 2864 x 2870 mm

Tate

Nuit de Noël

1952 · Stained glass

11' 3/4" x 54 3/4" x 5/8" (332.5 x 139 x 1 cm)

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The Swimming Pool, Maquette for ceramic (realized 1999 and 2005)

1952 · Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, on painted paper

Overall 73" x 53' 11" (185.4 x 1643.3 cm). Installed as nine panels in two parts on burlap-covered walls 11' 4" (345.4 cm) high. Frieze installed at a height of 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Memory of Oceania

1952 · Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, and charcoal on paper mounted on canvas

9' 4" x 9' 4 7/8" (284.4 x 286.4 cm)

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Maquette for Nuit de Noël

1952 · Gouache on paper, cut-and-pasted on board

Sheet: 107 × 53 1/2" (271.8 × 135.9 cm)

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Affiches d'expositions pour le centenaire Mourlot

1952 · Lithograph

25 1/2 x 19 1/2" (64.8 x 49.5 cm)

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Head

1951 · Lithograph

composition: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8" (21.3 x 14.3 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 7 5/8" (25 x 19.4 cm)

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Apollinaire, Matisse, Rouveyre (Trois têtes. A l'amitié)

1951 · Aquatint

plate: 13 5/8 x 10 15/16" (34.6 x 27.8 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 11/16" (41 x 32.2 cm)

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Cover design for exhibition catalogue Henri Matisse

1951 · Gouache on paper, cut-and-pasted

10 5/8 x 15 3/4" (27.0 x 40.0 cm)

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Cover design for Matisse: His Art and His Public

1951 · Cut-and-pasted painted paper with ink on paper

10 5/8 x 16 7/8" (27.0 x 42.9 cm)

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Madame de Pompadour reçoit le Mardi 20 Novembre 1951 au Pavillon de Marsan a 22 heures

1951 · Lithograph

31 3/8 x 23 1/8" (79.8 x 59.4 cm)

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Marie-José in a Yellow Dress (Marie-José en robe jaune)

1950 · Aquatint

sheet: 29 7/8 x 22 1/4" (75.9 x 56.5 cm)

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Maquette for red chasuble (front) from a set of red and yellow liturgical vestments designed for the Chapel of the Rosary of the Dominican Nuns of Vence

1950 · Cut-and-pasted painted paper

52 1/2 x 78 1/8" (133.4 x 198.4 cm)

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Maquette for red chasuble (back) from a set of red and yellow liturgical vestments designed for the Chapel of the Rosary of the Dominican Nuns of Vence

1950 · Cut-and-pasted painted paper

50 1/2 × 78 1/2" (128.3 × 199.4 cm)

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Maquette for a burse from a set of red and yellow liturgical vestments designed for the Chapel of the Rosary of the Dominican Nuns of Vence

1950 · Cut-and-pasted painted paper on paper

10 × 8 3/4" (25.4 × 22.2 cm)

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Maquette for a stole from a set of red and yellow liturgical vestments designed for the Chapel of the Rosary of the Dominican Nuns of Vence

1950 · Cut-and-pasted painted paper

49 × 7 1/2" (124.5 × 19 cm)

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Church Vestments (chasuble, stole, maniple, chalice veil, burse)

1950 · Silk with appliqué of silk satin, shantung, and velvet, lined

Chasuble 51 x 77 1/2" (129.5 x 196.9 cm)

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Chasuble

1950 · Silk with appliqué of silk satin, shantung, and velvet, lined

46 x 76" (116.8 x 193 cm) front, 51 x 76" (129.5 x 193 cm) back

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St. Dominic (St. Dominique)

1950 · Lithograph with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 7 3/8 x 6 7/16" (18.8 x 16.4 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 10 15/16" (38 x 27.8 cm)

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Vence Chapel Poster

1950 · Lithograph

composition: 8 x 14" (20.3 x 35.5 cm); sheet: 23 5/8 x 15 9/16" (60 x 39.6 cm)

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The Necklace (Le collier)

1950 · Ink on paper

20 7/8 x 16 1/8" (52.8 x 40.7 cm)

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Poster for an exhibition at Musée de Nice

1950 · Lithograph

29 1/4 × 20 1/2" (74.3 × 52.1 cm)

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The Dancer

1949 · Lithograph on paper

image: 495 x 762 mm

Tate

The Dancer

1949 · Lithograph

composition: 18 7/8 x 21 7/16" (47.9 x 54.5cm); sheet: 19 5/16 x 29 7/8" (49 x 75.9cm)

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White Mask on Black Background (Masque blanc sur fond noir)

1949 · Aquatint

plate: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4" (31.7 x 24.8 cm); sheet: 21 5/8 x 14 15/16" (55 x 37.9 cm)

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In-text plate (folio 4) from Poésie de mots inconnus

1949 · Linoleum cut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

composition: 4 3/16 x 2 13/16" (10.7 x 7.2cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Unbound book with letterpress in black, 127 lithographs in sanguine and one lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tucked in white paperboard cover with purple velvet spine and slipcase with lithograph in dark blue on white wove paper

Book, closed: 39.3 × 30 × 6.5 cm (15 1/2 × 11 13/16 × 2 9/16 in.); Slipcase: 40.3 × 30.5 × 7.5 cm (15 7/8 × 12 1/16 × 3 in.)

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Self Portrait, Three-Quarter View

1948 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper

Primary support: 27.6 × 20 cm (10 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.); secondary support: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

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Nadia. Mask

1948 · Aquatint in black on cream wove paper

Image: 38 × 24 cm (15 × 9 1/2 in.); Plate: 43.5 × 34.8 cm (17 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Sheet: 66 × 50.3 cm (26 × 19 13/16 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Unbound book with letterpress in black ink, 127 lithographs in red ink and one lithograph in black ink on cream wove paper

Book, closed: 39.3 × 30 × 6.5 cm (15 1/2 × 11 13/16 × 2 9/16 in.); Slipcase: 40.3 × 30.5 × 7.5 cm (15 7/8 × 12 1/16 × 3 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 23.9 × 22.7 cm (9 7/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 28.2 cm (15 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Nadia. Mask

1948 · Aquatint in black on cream wove paper

Image: 38 × 24 cm (15 × 9 1/2 in.); Plate: 43.5 × 34.7 cm (17 3/16 × 13 11/16 in.); Sheet: 66.1 × 50.5 cm (26 1/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 14.6 × 23 cm (5 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 38.4 × 28 cm (15 1/8 × 11 1/16 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 20.3 × 23.7 cm (8 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 28.3 cm (15 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 31.3 × 25 cm (12 3/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 28.1 cm (15 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 21 × 21 cm (8 5/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 28 cm (15 1/8 × 11 1/16 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 20.5 × 23 cm (8 1/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 28.1 cm (15 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 24 × 16.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 28.2 cm (15 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 36 × 25.9 cm (14 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.2 cm (15 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 22.8 × 13.8 cm (9 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 28.2 cm (15 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 13.4 × 16.5 cm (5 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38.2 × 28.2 cm (15 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 22.7 × 24.8 cm (8 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 38.5 × 28 cm (15 3/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 34.8 × 22.5 cm (13 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 38.1 × 28.1 cm (15 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 22.2 × 26.3 cm (8 3/4 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 28 × 38.3 cm (11 1/16 × 15 1/8 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 34.9 × 24.5 cm (13 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 38.1 × 28.2 cm (15 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

1948 · Lithograph in sanguine on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image: 36.2 × 26.1 cm (14 5/16 × 10 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.1 cm (15 × 11 1/8 in.)

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