The Wolf, from Jazz
Henri Matisse
1947
- Medium
- Color pochoir with gouache on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet, folded: 42.1 × 32.6 cm (16 5/8 × 12 7/8 in.); Sheet, unfolded: 42.1 × 65 cm (16 5/8 × 25 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printTextprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
Matisse’s assistant Lydia Delectorskaya recorded his comments on the various images. According to her notes, Matisse described, “the wolf with a blood-stained eye, his jaws ready to bite.”
