Pasiphaé I & II

Artist Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)

Publisher [Les héritiers de l’artiste], Paris, 1981

Date1981

DimensionsPage: H: 12 3/4 in. (324 mm); W: 9 7/8 in. (251 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 90 linoleum cuts, incl. 82 in black, 5 in red, and 3 in blue. Text: letterpress in black with red (typeface: Deberny & Peignot Garamont italic). Paper: white Rives BFK wove paper, watermarked.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.742A-B

Not on View

Label TextThis postthumous publication of unpublished linocut variations for PASIPHAE show how tireless Matisse was in making variations of each image before finally settling on the quintessential illustration for the original 1944 editionPublished Referencescf. Duthuit, Claude, Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné des ouvrages illustrés, Paris, 1988, no. 38 bis, reprs.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of Illustrated Books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiefer, 1985, no. 45.