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Portrait of John Dewey

A work made of stumped charcoal on ivory laid paper.
© 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of stumped charcoal on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1930/34

Artist:

Henri Matisse
French, 1869-1954

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri Matisse

Title

Portrait of John Dewey

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.

1930–1934

Medium

Stumped charcoal on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, in graphite: "Henri Matisse"

Dimensions

63.4 × 48.2 cm (25 × 19 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Pierre Matisse in memory of Carl O. Schniewind

Reference Number

1969.5

Copyright

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

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