Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 825,000+ artworks, 75,000+ artists, and 750+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Initial V (page 53) from LETTRES by Henri Matisse — VisualArtsDB

No image available

Initial V (page 53) from LETTRES

1945

Dimensions: irreg. composition 1 7/8 x 2 3/16" (4.7 x 5.5 cm)
Genre: Illustrated book
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

More by Henri Matisse

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

Henri Matisse, 1948

Autre Eventail, de Mademoiselle Mallarmé, plate 21 from Poesies de Mallarmé

Autre Eventail, de Mademoiselle Mallarmé, plate 21 from Poesies de Mallarmé

Henri Matisse, 1932

Three Apples and Plate

Three Apples and Plate

Henri Matisse, 1914

Odalisque

Odalisque

Henri Matisse, 1921

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

Henri Matisse, 1948

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

Henri Matisse, 1948

Study of a Woman

Study of a Woman

Henri Matisse, 1939

Figure Reading, Mashrabiya Background

Figure Reading, Mashrabiya Background

Henri Matisse, 1929

Woman Seated at a Table with Fruit and Pitcher

Woman Seated at a Table with Fruit and Pitcher

Henri Matisse, 1944

The Swimmer in the Tank, from Jazz

The Swimmer in the Tank, from Jazz

Henri Matisse, 1947

Veiled Odalisque

Veiled Odalisque

Henri Matisse, 1925

Nude

Nude

Henri Matisse, 1932