Figure Asleep on Mashrabiya Background

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri Matisse

Title

Figure Asleep on Mashrabiya Background

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.

1929

Medium

Etching with plate tone and traces of foul bite, in black, on gray wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Dimensions

Image/primary support: 24.5 × 17.3 cm (9 11/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Plate: 25 × 17.8 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Albert Roullier Memorial Collection

Reference Number

Obj: 6605

Copyright

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

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