Dance Movement (Mouvement de danse)

1929

Henri Matisse

Associated Names
Henri Matisse

Artist, French, 1869 - 1954

The image shows a line drawing of a woman's full body. She is upright with her arms raised above her head, crossing at the wrists. Her facial features are outlined, with prominent eyes and a small mouth. Her hair is styled in soft, flowing waves. She appears unclothed, with no visible accessories or objects in her hands. The background has a pattern of large circles distributed across the surface, adding to the minimalistic style of the artwork.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18 x 12.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 38 x 28 cm (14 15/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.88.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Duthuit-Matisse 1983, no. 217

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, New York?);Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, MD, purchased December, 1966?; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

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

Inscriptions

lower right below plate mark in graphite: 2/25 / Henri Matisse; by later hand, lower center verso in blue pencil: pl 191

Watermarks

ARCHES (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q75399633

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