The Wild Poppies, 1953

  • Henri Matisse, French, 1869-1954

Gouache and charcoal on paper

  • 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)
  • 34 15/16 × 137 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (88.7 cm × 3 m 49.9 cm × 7 cm)

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

78.31

private collection

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

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

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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.