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Nu couché et coupe de fruits (Arabesque IV)

Print
1926 (made)
Artist/Maker
Henri Matisse (artist)
Duchatel (printer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Henri Matisse, lithograph of a nude female reclining in a floral space, with a bowl of fruit in front of her


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleNu couché et coupe de fruits (Arabesque IV) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
lithograph
Paper
Lithograph
Brief description
Henri Matisse, Nu couché et coupe de fruits (Arabesque IV), 1926
Physical description
Henri Matisse, lithograph of a nude female reclining in a floral space, with a bowl of fruit in front of her
Dimensions
  • Height: 17in
  • Width: 21.25in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1935 London: HMSO, 1935.
Copy number
5/50
Marks and inscriptions
Signed in pencil 'Henri-Matisse' Numbered 5/50
Credit line
Given by the National Art-Collections Fund
Subject depicted
Nudes
Bibliographic references
  • Matisse, his art and his textiles: the fabric of dreams London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2005. 212p. ISBN: 1903973473.
  • Jarauta, Franciso et al (eds.), Matisse and the Alhambra 1910-2010 Madrid: TF Editores, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, 2010 No. 33
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1935 London: HMSO, 1935
  • Susan Lambert, Matisse Lithographs, London: HMSO, 1972
Other number
D.84
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.330-1935

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Record createdSeptember 9, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O166755/nu-couché-et-coupe-de-print-henri-matisse/
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