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1948

Designed by Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Produced by Zika Ascher, Ltd. (English, founded 1946)
Printed at Belfast Silk and Rayon Company
London, England

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Henri Matisse (Designer)
Title: Océanie - La Mer (Oceania - The Sea)
Place: London (Object made in:)
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.: Made 1948
Medium: Dyed linen, plain weave; screen printed with oil paint
Inscriptions: Signed (lower right corner, in black ink): "H. Matisse"; marked (lower left corner, in black ink): "18/30"
Dimensions: 173.2 × 287.4 cm (68 1/8 × 152 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson
Reference Number: 1975.1044
Copyright: © 2025 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Art Institute of Chicago, “The Members’ Room,” The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 54, no. 3 (Sept. 1960): 11 (ill. in situ display at the AIC).
Daniel Walker, “Oceania, the Sea, 1948,” in Stephanie D’Alessandro, ed., Matisse: Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculpture, and Textiles at the Art Institute of Chicago(Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2019), cat. 58 (ill.).

Probably the artist, France, 1948 [edition 18/30; D. Walker, 2019]. Suzette Morton Zurcher (1911-1996; born Suzette Morton; also Mrs. Victor M. Zurcher; later Suzette Davidson, Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson), Chicago, by Sept. 1960 [on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute Quarterly Sept. 1960, 11; Walker 2019]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1975.

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