About This Artwork

Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
written by Stéphane Mallarmé (French, 1842-1898)
published by Albert Skira (Swiss, 1904-1973)

Plusieurs Sonnets: "Ses purs ongles...", plate 25 from Poesies de Mallarmé, 1932

Etching in black on ivory Japanese paper
310 x 245 mm (image); 332 x 245 mm (sheet/plate mark not visible)
Given in Memory of A. Peter Dewey, 1946.1043.25

Duthuit 5 with remarque; Hahnloser-Ingold 259

© 2008 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York