The Sword Swallower, from Jazz
Henri Matisse
1947
- Medium
- Color pochoir with gouache and photolithograph in black (recto); photolithograph in black on ivory wove paper (verso)
- Dimensions
- Sheet, folded: 42.5 × 32.9 cm (16 3/4 × 13 in.); Sheet, unfolded: 42.5 × 65.3 cm (16 3/4 × 25 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printTextprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
The floating head of The Sword Swallower is backed with a dramatic array of colors, heightening the action.
