Dessins: Thèmes et Variations

Prints and Drawings

1943

Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
introduction “Matisse-en-France” by Louis Aragon (French, 1897–1982)
linocut and lithographs printed by Roger Lacourièr (French, 1892–1966)
text printed by Féquet et Baudier (French, c. 1925–c. 1981)
reproductions printed by Georges Duval (French, active 1930s–1950s)
published by Martin Fabiani (Croatian, born 1899)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Henri Matisse
Title: Dessins: Thèmes et Variations
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 1943
Medium: Unbound book with letterpress in black and red, one linocut in black, three lithographs in black, and 154 photographic reproductions on ivory wove paper, tucked in paperboard cover with letterpress in red on brown laid paper and beige linen tie
Dimensions: Closed: 33.5 × 25.3 × 4.7 cm (13 1/4 × 10 × 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.
Reference Number: 2014.499

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