The Lagoon, from Jazz
Henri Matisse
1947
- Medium
- Color pochoir with gouache on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet, folded: 42.3 × 32.8 cm (16 11/16 × 12 15/16 in.); Sheet, unfolded: 42.3 × 65.4 cm (16 11/16 × 25 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printTextprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
Matisse recalls his time in Tahiti with the lagoon plates. He describes them as “simply the shimmering colors of the tropics, with animal or undulating forms, evocations of calm waters.”
