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Icarus, from Jazz

A work made of color pochoir with gouache and photolithograph in black (recto); photolithograph in black on ivory wove paper (verso).
© 2025 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of color pochoir with gouache and photolithograph in black (recto); photolithograph in black on ivory wove paper (verso).

Date:

1947

Artist:

Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
printed by Edmond Vairel (French, 1903-1973)
published by Tériade for Éditions Verve (French, 1943–1975)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri Matisse

Title

Icarus, from Jazz

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.

Copyrighted 1947

Medium

Color pochoir with gouache and photolithograph in black (recto); photolithograph in black on ivory wove paper (verso)

Dimensions

Sheet, folded: 42.2 × 32.8 cm (16 5/8 × 12 15/16 in.); Sheet, unfolded: 42.2 × 65.4 cm (16 5/8 × 25 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Simeon B. Williams Fund

Reference Number

1948.80.11

Copyright

© 2025 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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