HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)

La Danse (D. 247)

Details

HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
La Danse (D. 247)
etching and aquatint in colors, 1935-6, on Arches, signed in pencil, numbered 17/50, with full margins, in good condition, framed
P. 9¼ x 29¼ in. (235 x 743 mm.)
S. 11 7/8 x 31¾ in. (302 x 805 mm.)

Provenance

Main Street Galleries, Chicago.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited

The Art Institute of Chicago, Graphic Modernism, Selections from the Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht Collection, November 2003-January 2004, p. 104, no. 87 (illustrated in color).

Lot Essay

The color etching, La Danse, was based on the gouache maquette of the first scheme for the Barnes Mural intended for Merion, Pennsylvania. Due to a misunderstanding, this version of the mural was never installed and was found rolled in the artist's studio in the 1980's. The scheme relates back to the Joy of Life of 1905-6 which is also in the Barnes Foundation. Matisse included six figures in La Danse, which he later increased to eight in the completed mural.

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