Primavera, 1938

  • Henri Matisse, French, 1869-1954

Linoleum cut printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Image: 9 × 6 5/8 inches (22.9 × 16.8 cm) Sheet: 20 1/2 × 13 1/8 inches (52.1 × 33.3 cm)

Gift of John S. Newberry

53.43

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, in pencil, lower right: Henri Matisse

Watermark, lower right corner: [heart-shaped device]

Inscribed, in pencil above signature, lower right: 25/25 Inscribed, in pencil, upper left, verso: 16 [circled] Inscribed, in red pencil, verso: pl 240

Henri Matisse, Primavera, 1938, linoleum cut printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 53.43.