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Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)

Le cauchemar de l’éléphant blanc, planche IV de "Jazz"

The Nightmare of the White Elephant, plate IV from "Jazz"
1943-1947
    Coloured pochoir on Arches paper, on double page, 172/250
  • Original edition, printed by Edmond Vairel and Draeger Frères, Paris, published by Tériade, Paris, 1947
42 × 65 cm
Provenance

Galerie Beyeler, Basel

Private collection, since 1996

Exhibited

Andros, Museum of Contemporary Art-Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, Glancing at the Century, 28 June - 20 September 1998, pp. 34-35, ill. p. 35

Athens, Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, Memories steeped in dream, August 5 – December 3, 2023

Literature

Claude Duthuit, Henri Matisse: catalogue raisonné des ouvrages illustrés, Paris, 1988, no. 22, p. 169

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Henri Matisse
(1869 - 1954)
Gender
Man
Nationality
French
First Name
Henri-Émile-Benoît
Last Name
Matisse
Birth
Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France, 1869
Death
Nice, France, 1954
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The Cowboy, plate XIV from "Jazz", 1943-1947