Matisse: His Art and His Public

Artist Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)

Author Alfred H. Barr, Jr. (American, 1902-1981)

Date1951

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 10 5/8 in. (270 mm); W: 8 1/16 in. (204 mm); Depth: 1 7/8 in. (47 mm).
Book: H: 10 1/4 in. (261 mm); W: 7 13/16 in. (198 mm); Depth: 1 11/16 in. (43 mm).
Page: H: 10 in. (254 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (190 mm).

MediumOriginal print: lithograph in deep gray on cream wove paper. Reproductions: 23 photolithographs in colors of paintings on coated white wove paper; photolithographs of photographs, drawings and paintings on coated white wove paper; line block reproductions of drawings, linoleum cuts and monotypes on coated white wove paper; line block reproductions of drawings, etchings and lithographs, in-texte, on cream wove paper; 1 line block reproduction in colors of a design by Matisse (wrappers). Text: letterpress on cream wove paper and coated white wove paper.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.736

Not on View

Published Referencescf. Duthuit, Claude, Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné des ouvrages illustrés, Paris, 1988, no. 30, reprs.