Nadia, Masque, 1948

  • Henri Matisse, French, 1869-1954

Aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 17 1/8 × 13 3/4 inches (43.5 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 26 × 19 7/8 inches (66 × 50.5 cm)

Gift of John S. Newberry

53.54

Signed, in pencil, lower right: H. Matisse

Watermark: Pur Fil Marais

Inscribed, in pencil below signature, lower right: 13/25 [13 inscribed over erasures] Inscribed, in pencil, lower right, verso: Pl 354 Inscribed, verso, upper left: 26 [circled]

1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Henri Matisse, Nadia, Masque, 1948, aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 53.54.