The Nightmare of the White Elephant

published 1947

Henri Matisse

Artist, French, 1869 - 1954

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color stencil in gouache

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Keck

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 41.9 x 64.9 cm (16 1/2 x 25 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1980.8.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Duthuit-Matisse 1983, undescribed

Associated Artworks

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Jazz

Henri Matisse

1947

Destiny

Henri Matisse

1947

The Toboggan

Henri Matisse

1947

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(dealer, New York); purchased 1948 by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Keck, Washington, D.C.; gift 1980 to NGA.[1]
[1] Provenance taken from information supplied to NGA by the donor in a note dated 1/9/1980, in Secretary-General Counsel's files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Matisse, Jazz and Other Works on Paper from the National Gallery Collections and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, DC, 1990.

Bibliography

1983

  • Duthuit-Matisse, Marguerite. Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé. 2 vols. Paris, 1983.

Wikidata ID

Q65569250

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