Henri Matisse and Tériade, Paris
Jazz
1947
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Physical Qualities
Unbound volume with twenty color stencil prints (pochoirs) and photogravure text, Sheet: 420 x 324 mm. (16 9/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.745
Matisse created "Jazz" late in his career, at a time when the artist began, in his own words, “to draw with scissors,” using pure color for the works. He executed the original 20 illustrations from 1943 to 1944 as cut-paper collages, which were then translated using stencils to create the final images for the book. "Jazz" has long been recognized as one of the most groundbreaking artist’s books of the 20th century, as Matisse skillfully combined his interests in color, image, and text in a bold and experimental format. Three prints from the publication are on view nearby.
Victor Carlson, Baltimore Museum of Art, "French Illustrated Books of the 19th and 20th Century," 15 October - 14 January 1967 (?). no. 46.
Peter Wick, Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, "The Arts of the French Book 1900 - 1965," Dec. 1966 - Jan. 1967; circulated to Lillian Bradshaw, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX, Mar. 28 - May 6, 1967; circulated to Yale University Library, New Haven, CT, c. June 1967.
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
BMA, "Matisse Cut-Outs from the Musée national d'art moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris," 25 May - 14 August 1994.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
'Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art' circulated by The Baltimore Museum of Art to Birmingham Art Museum, 3/2000 - 1/2001.
BMA, "Matisse Jazz," 3 May - 27 August 2006.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash; BMA, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor," Dallas, January 21 - April 29, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9 - September 16, 2007; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 28, 2007- February 3, 2008.
Oliver Shell, BMA, "A Circus Family: Picasso to Léger," 22 February through 17 May 2009.
Jay Fisher, American Federation of the Arts, "Matisse as Printmaker," The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 25, 2009 - January 3, 2010; circulating to The Tampa Museum of Art, January 29, 2010 - April 10, 2010; title page and white figure exhibited at BMA.
Katy Rothkopf and Katy Siegel, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Stanley Whitney: Dance with Me Henri," November 20, 2022 - April 23, 2023.
Peter Wick, Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, "The Arts of the French Book 1900 - 1965," Dec. 1966 - Jan. 1967; circulated to Lillian Bradshaw, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX, Mar. 28 - May 6, 1967; circulated to Yale University Library, New Haven, CT, c. June 1967.
BMA, "Henri Matisse: The Spirited Line--Works on Paper, 1898-1950, from the Museum Collection," 7 September - 2 November 1986.
BMA, "Matisse Cut-Outs from the Musée national d'art moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris," 25 May - 14 August 1994.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
'Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art' circulated by The Baltimore Museum of Art to Birmingham Art Museum, 3/2000 - 1/2001.
BMA, "Matisse Jazz," 3 May - 27 August 2006.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash; BMA, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor," Dallas, January 21 - April 29, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9 - September 16, 2007; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 28, 2007- February 3, 2008.
Oliver Shell, BMA, "A Circus Family: Picasso to Léger," 22 February through 17 May 2009.
Jay Fisher, American Federation of the Arts, "Matisse as Printmaker," The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 25, 2009 - January 3, 2010; circulating to The Tampa Museum of Art, January 29, 2010 - April 10, 2010; title page and white figure exhibited at BMA.
Katy Rothkopf and Katy Siegel, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Stanley Whitney: Dance with Me Henri," November 20, 2022 - April 23, 2023.
Jack Flam, "Matisse in The Cone Collection The Poetics of Vision," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2001, ("Formes," pl. 52, p. 117, ill; "Lagoon," pl. 53-54, p. 118).
"BMA Today," Summer 2006, p. 22, ill.
"BMA Today," Winter 2005/2006, ill. p. 9 and back cover.
"BMA Today," Spring 2006 ("Circus" cover ill. and p. 20; "Horse", ill pp. 4-5, "Dessiner avec des ciseaux" ill. pp. 5).
Kimberly Meisten, "BSO Explorer Series." Newsletter of the Print, Drawing & Photograph Society (Spring 2006), illus. p. 15 (Lagoon).
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Annual Report, 2006, no. 12, ill. ("Icarus," plate VIII)
"BMA Today," Fall 2007, ill. p. 22 ("Forms," plate IX)
Kosinski, Dorothy, Jay McKean Fisher, and Steven Nash. Matisse: Painter as Sculptor. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art: Nasher Sculpture Center; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, pages 239, 276, cat. no. 122
Jay McKean Fisher, "Matisse as Printmaker: Works from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation," American Federation of Arts, 2009, p. 27, fig. 7, ill.
Markings: WM: ARCHES (on all folio sheets)
