Henri Matisse
Mermaid, Study for “I wish to drag my pain the length of France”
1941
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Henri Matisse
Mermaid, Study for “I wish to drag my pain the length of France”
1941
Physical Qualities
Crayon transfer lithograph printed in red-brown, Sheet: 284 x 380 mm. (11 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Image: 145 x 235 mm. (5 11/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Marguerite Matisse Duthuit Collection
Object Number
2010.227
Study for one of 126 lithographs illustrating "Florilège des Amours de Ronsard," published by Albert Skira (Paris, 1948).
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Claude and Barbara Duthuit, France
Matisse and the Sea
Inscribed: lower right stamped: "10/25 HM."; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: "Pl. 399"
Markings: WM: ARCHES
