Artworks · Henri Matisse

Brise marine (Sea Breeze) (plate, page 43) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 3/4 × 8 7/8" (29.9 × 22.5 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Tailpiece (page 67) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 4 5/16 × 3 7/8" (11 × 9.8 cm); page (each approx.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Poésies (Poems)

1932 · Illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

page (irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm); overall (closed): 13 3/16 × 10 1/16 × 1 5/16" (33.5 × 25.6 × 3.4 cm)

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Nymphe et faune (Nymph and Faun) (plate, page 81) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 15/16 × 9 7/16" (30.3 × 24 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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La coiffure d'Hérodiade (Herodotus' Coiffure) (plate, page 63) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 5/8 × 8 3/16" (29.5 × 20.8 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Nymphes et faune (Nymphs and Faun) (plate, page 77) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 7/8 × 9 1/4" (30.2 × 23.5 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Headpiece (page 75) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 6 5/16 × 8 3/16" (16 × 20.8 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Le Guignon (Jinx) (plate, page 8) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 12 11/16 × 8 3/4" (32.2 × 22.2 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Faune (Faun) (plate, page 85) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 3/4 × 6 15/16" (29.9 × 17.7 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Prose pour des esseintes (plate, inserted facing page 92) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 7/8 × 8 3/4" (30.2 × 22.3 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Rondels (Roundels) (plate, page 115) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 9 1/2 × 7 1/4" (24.2 × 18.4 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Le Cygne (The Swan) (plate, page 123) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 15/16 × 8 3/4" (30.3 × 22.3 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Tailpiece (page 100) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 4 13/16 × 6 11/16" (12.2 × 17 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Feuillets d'Album (Album Sheets) (plate, page 103) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 12 1/2 × 9 3/8" (31.7 × 23.8 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Mes bouquins refermés sur le nom de Paphos (My Books Closed on the Name of Paphos) (plate, page 151) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 3/4 × 9" (29.8 × 22.8 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Une négresse par le démon... (A Negress Awakened by a Demon...) (plate, page 19) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 13/16 × 9 9/16" (30 × 24.3 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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La Chevelure (The Head of Hair) (plate, page 129) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 12 1/8 × 9 1/4" (30.8 × 23.5 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Eventail de Madame Mallarmé (Madame Mallarmé's Fan) (plate, page 97) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 12 11/16 × 7 1/2" (32.2 × 19 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Quelle soie aux baumes de temps (What Silk with Balms of Time) (plate, page 147) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 10 7/16 × 7 7/8" (26.5 × 20 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Apparition (plate, page 15) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 12 13/16 × 7 5/16" (32.6 × 18.6 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Portrait of E. Poe (plate, page 133) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 1/4 × 8 11/16" (28.6 × 22 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Les Fleurs (Flowers) (plate, page 29) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 10 7/16 × 9 1/8" (26.5 × 23.1 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Tristesse d'été (Summer Melancholy) (plate, page 37) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 10 11/16 × 9 1/2" (27.1 × 24.2 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Tailpiece (page 35) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 5 11/16 × 8 3/8" (14.5 × 21.3 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Les Fenêtres (Windows) (plate, page 23) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 11 13/16 × 9 1/16" (30 × 23 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Headpiece (page 55) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 5 7/8 × 8 1/2" (15 × 21.6 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Portrait of Baudelaire (plate, page 136) from Poésies (Poems)

1932 · One from an illustrated book with thirty etchings (including supplementary plate)

composition (irreg.): 12 × 9" (30.5 × 22.9 cm); page (each irreg.): 13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.4 × 25.5 cm)

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Seated Nude Woman, Three-Quarter View

1931 · Etching in black on gray wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 23.3 × 13.3 cm (9 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Primary support: 24.4 × 14.5 cm (9 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 24.7 × 15 cm (9 3/4 × 5 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 38.1 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

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Woman Looking in a Mirror, Adjusting Her Hat

1931 · Etching in black on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image/primary support: 14.6 × 10.6 cm (5 3/4 × 4 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.8 × 11 cm (5 7/8 × 4 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 38 × 28 cm (15 × 11 1/16 in.)

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The Back (IV)

1931 · Bronze

6' 2" x 44 1/4" x 6" (188 x 112.4 x 15.2 cm)

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Back IV

1930 · Bronze

object: 1892 x 1130 x 159 mm

Tate

Portrait of John Dewey

1930 · Stumped charcoal on ivory laid paper

63.4 × 48.2 cm (25 × 19 in.)

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Tiari

1930 · Bronze

8 x 5 5/8 x 7 3/8" (20.3 x 14.4 x 18.9 cm)

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Venus in a Shell, I

1930 · Bronze

12 1/4" (31 cm) high, at base 7 1/4 x 8 1/8" (18.3 x 20.6 cm)

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Figure from the Left of "Three Figures" (Personnage de gauche de la "Trois figures")

1930 · Lithograph

composition: 17 7/8 x 12 5/16" (45.4 x 31.2 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 14 15/16" (57 x 38 cm)

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Head of a Girl with Rectangular Eyebrows (Tête de jeune fille aux sourcils rectangulaires)

1930 · Etching with chine collé

plate: 5 1/16 x 3 7/8" (12.8 x 9.9cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 11 1/8" (37 x 28.3cm)

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John Dewey

1930 · Charcoal on paper

24 3/8 x 19" (61.9 x 48.4 cm)

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Young Woman and her Dog

1929 · Etching in black on gray wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image/primary support: 13.6 × 21.7 cm (5 3/8 × 8 9/16 in.); Plate: 14 × 22 cm (5 9/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 28.2 × 37.7 cm (11 1/8 × 14 7/8 in.)

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Three-Quarter View of a Woman's Torso

1929 · Etching and drypoint in black on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image/primary support: 24.7 × 9.7 cm (9 3/4 × 3 7/8 in.); Plate: 25 × 10.2 cm (9 7/8 × 4 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

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Young Woman on a Balcony Looking at Parakeets

1929 · Etching in black on cream wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé)

Image/primary support: 23.4 × 16.5 cm (9 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.); Plate: 24 × 17 cm (9 1/2 × 6 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 38 × 28.4 cm (15 × 11 3/16 in.)

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Seated Figure, Right Arm Resting on a Table

1929 · Etching in black on tan wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 17.1 × 11.7 cm (6 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.); Primary support: 18 × 11.7 cm (7 1/8 × 4 5/8 in.); Plate: 18.4 × 12.2 cm (7 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 38 × 28 cm (15 × 11 1/16 in.)

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Figure Asleep on Mashrabiya Background

1929 · Etching with plate tone and traces of foul bite, in black, on gray wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

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.)

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Nude on Couch, Draped in Flowered Material

1929 · Etching in black on gray wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé)

Image/primary support: 9.5 × 24.5 cm (3 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.); Plate: 10 × 25 cm (3 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 28.3 × 38 cm (11 3/16 × 15 in.)

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Torso Resting on Arms

1929 · Drypoint in black on gray wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 7 × 10.7 cm (2 13/16 × 4 1/4 in.); Primary support: 8.6 × 11.8 cm (3 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 9 × 12.2 cm (3 9/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 28 × 38 cm (11 1/16 × 15 in.)

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Seated Figure in an Interior

1929 · Etching in black on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image/primary support: 14.4 × 22 cm (5 11/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Plate: 15 × 22.6 cm (5 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 28.5 × 38 cm (11 1/4 × 15 in.)

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Seated Nude in the Studio

1929 · Etching in black on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image/primary support: 19.8 × 14.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Plate: 20.3 × 15.3 cm (8 × 6 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

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Female Nude with Arms Upraised and Head of a Woman

1929 · Etching in black on cream wove paper laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 23.5 × 10.5 cm (9 5/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Plate/primary support: 25 × 12.3 cm (9 7/8 × 4 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 38.4 × 28.5 cm (15 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

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Hindu in a Tulle Skirt

1929 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 28 × 37.5 cm (11 1/16 × 14 13/16 in.); Sheet: 32.7 × 49.5 cm (12 7/8 × 19 1/2 in.)

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