About This Artwork

Designed by Henri Matisse
French, 1869–1954
Produced by Zika Ascher, Ltd., founded 1946
England, London

Panel Entitled "Océanie - La Mer" (Oceania - The Sea), Number 18 in a series of 30, 1948

Silk, plain weave; screen printed
173.2 x 287.4 cm (68 1/8 x 152 1/2 in.)
Signed (lower right corner): H. Matisse
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson, 1975.1044

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

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

The Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly. Vol. 54, no. 3 (September 1960). p. 11 (illus.).

Thomas, Michel, et al. Textile Art. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. for Editions d'Art Albert Skira, 1985. P. 69 (related piece).




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