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Weary of Bitter Rest, plate seven from Poesies de Mallarmé

A work made of etching in black on ivory laid japanese vellum.
© 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of etching in black on ivory laid japanese vellum.

Date:

1932

Artist:

Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
written by Stéphane Mallarmé (French, 1842-1898)
printed by Roger Lacourière (French, 1892-1966)
published by Albert Skira (Swiss, 1904-1973)

About this artwork

Matisse’s first livre d’artiste (artist’s book), Poems of Stéphane Mallarmé (Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé) was the second publication produced by Albert Skira. The first was Pablo Picasso’s illustrations for Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Les Métamorphoses), published the year before. Both series use the simple power of the etched line to suggest volume and movement. In the case of Matisse, he avoided heavy shading so as not to detract from the ethereality of Mallarmé’s poetry. While inspired by the poems, Matisse’s prints stand alone as works of art and call upon some of his most iconic imagery: flowers, nudes, and portraits.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri Matisse

Title

Weary of Bitter Rest, plate seven from Poesies de Mallarmé

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Published 1932

Medium

Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Dimensions

Image: 26.5 × 21.2 cm (10 7/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet, platemark not visible: 33.2 × 25 cm (13 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey Memorial

Reference Number

1946.1043.7

Copyright

© 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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