Pasiphae, chant de Minos

1944

Henri Matisse, Artist Fequet & Baudier, Printer Martin Fabiani, Publisher Henri de Montherlant, Writer

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Title Pasiphae, chant de Minos

Artwork Date 1944

Makers Henri Matisse (Artist) French, 1869-1954 Fequet & Baudier (Printer) French, active mid 20th century Martin Fabiani (Publisher) Henri de Montherlant (Writer) French, 1896-1972

Medium Linoleum cuts and text printed in black ink on cream wove paper; some of the vignettes/ormanents printed in red ink

Dimensions Page: 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.7 x 25.1 cm)

Classification Artists Books

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Drawing and Print Club Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 70.842

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Signed In black ink on colophon, lower center: Henri Matisse

Inscriptions In pencil, opposite the frontispiece: a mon très cher ami / Andre Ro(nn or nv?)eyr(e?) / henri Matisse / Vence 11 Xbre 44

Marks Watermark: MARTIN FABIANI

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Henri Matisse; Henri de Montherlant, Pasiphae, chant de Minos, 1944, Linoleum cuts and text printed in black ink on cream wove paper; some of the vignettes/ormanents printed in red ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Drawing and Print Club Fund, 70.842.

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