The Wild Poppies

1953

Henri Matisse French, 1869-1954

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Title The Wild Poppies

Artwork Date 1953

Artist Henri Matisse

Life Dates 1869-1954

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Gouache and charcoal on paper

Dimensions Sheet (left and right sheets): 31 1/2 × 27 3/4 inches (80 × 70.5 cm) Sheet (center): 31 1/2 × 52 inches (80 × 132.1 cm) Overall (all sheets; mounted): 31 1/2 × 134 5/8 inches (80 cm × 3 m 41.9 cm) Framed: 34 15/16 × 137 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (88.7 cm × 3 m 49.9 cm × 7 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Modern Art to 1970

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, Friends of Modern Art Fund; Gift of Mrs. Allan Shelden III through the Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Fund and Gift of Alice Kales Hartwick in memory of her husband Robert G. Hartwick; and public subscription

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. 78.31

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Provenance

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(Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, New York, USA)

1978-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

"Last Works by Matisse 1950-1954," Verve, no. 35-36 (Summer 1958): (ill.) pp. 178-9.

Henri Matisse, Les Grandes Gouaches Decoupees. Exh. cat., Kunsthalle, Stedelijk Museum, and Musee des Arts Decoratifs. Bern, Amsterdam, and Paris, July 25, 1959-May 15, 1961, no. 29 (Bern); no. 26 (Amsterdam); no. 40 (Paris).

Lassaigne, J. "La peinture sans limites," Les Lettres Francaises. 1959.

Sammlung G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh. Exh. cat., Kunsthaus and The Hague. Zurich and Dusseldorf. October 1960-April 1961.

Duthuit, G. "Matisse's Illuminations," Portfolio and Art News Annual, vol. 5 (1962): p. 99 (ill.).

Jacobus, J. Henri Matisse. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1972, p. 51 (ill.).

Autres Dimensions. Exh. cat., Galerie Beyeler. Basel, June-September, 1976, no. 52, (col. ill.).

New York Graphic Society, color poster no. 9085.

Henri Matisse, Paper Cut-Outs. Exh. cat., The National Gallery of Art, DIA, and The St. Louis Art Museum. Detroit, September 10, 1977-March 12, 1978, no. 209 (ill.).

"Family Art Game," Detroit Free Press (April 26, 1981): p. 16 (ill.) [DIA Advertising Supplement].

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Henri Matisse, The Wild Poppies, 1953, gouache and charcoal on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, Friends of Modern Art Fund, et al., 78.31.