La siesta, 1938

  • Henri Matisse, French, 1869-1954

Linoleum cut printed in color ink on wove paper

  • Image: 10 1/8 × 12 inches (25.7 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 16 × 18 1/8 inches (40.6 × 46 cm)

Gift of John S. Newberry

53.45

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, in pencil, lower right: Henri Matisse

Inscribed, in pencil above signature, lower right: 19/25 Inscribed, upper left, verso: 18 [circled] Inscribed, in red pencil, verso: PL. 247

Henri Matisse, La siesta, 1938, linoleum cut printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 53.45.