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Grounded Fishing Boat

A work made of reed pen and black ink on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card.
© 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of reed pen and black ink on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card.

Date:

1905

Artist:

Henri Matisse
French, 1869-1954

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri Matisse

Title

Grounded Fishing Boat

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1905

Medium

Reed pen and black ink on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, in pen and brown ink: "Henri-Matisse"

Dimensions

Primary support: 44.4 × 31.7 cm (17 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 46.4 × 33.7 cm (18 5/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Tertiary support: 51.7 × 37.7 cm (20 3/8 × 14 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Joel Starrels

Reference Number

1961.1188

Copyright

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

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