Jazz

Artist Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)

Printer pochoirs: Edmond Vairel, [s.l.] text: Draeger Frères, Paris

Author Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)

Date1947

Dimensionsslipcase: 17 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (444 x 340 x 57mm)
chemise: 17 1/8 x 13 1/4 x 1 15/16 in. (435 x 337 x 50mm)
book: 16 3/4 x 12 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (425 x 327 x 41mm)
page (untrimmed): 16 5/8 x 12 13/16 in. (422 x 325mm)

MediumOriginal prints: 20 pochoir prints with Linel gouache colors after cut paper collage and decoupage original Reproduction: line block reproduction of brush sketches of the pochoir prints and handwritten titles (key to the plates) Text (facsimile): photolithographs of the artist’s handwritten text Text: letterpress (typeface: Deberny & Peignot Garamont capitals) Paper: Arches cream wove paper

ClassificationBooks

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1979.3

Not on View

Published Referencescf. Castleman, Riva, A Century of Artists Books, New York, 1994, pp. 96--97, col. reprs. cf. Duthuit, Claude, Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné des ouvrages illustrés, Paris, 1988, no. 22, col. reprs. cf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The artist & the book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961 no. 200, col. repr. cf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern artists’ illustrated books, London, 1985, no. 114, reprs. (some col.) cf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 120Exhibition Historypgs: 90,91,130,131,54,55,14,15,6,7 exhibited Nov.7, 1999 - January 16, 2000 plates: X, V, II, XI, XII, XIV exhibited Nov. 7, 1999 - Jan. 18, 2000 TMA: Matisse's Jazz Jan. 14, - Feb. 26, 1984 Toledo Museum of Art, Looks Good on Paper: Masterworks and Favorites, Oct. 10, 2014-Jan. 11, 2015.

Toledo Museum of Art, Werner Pfeiffer Selects, Feb. 13-May 10, 2015.