Album Jazz, Planche X
Henri Matisse
Sheet X from the album Jazz, L'Enterrement de Pierrot
1947
Colored stencil on Arches paper, after a collage and cut-out by Henri Matisse. Tériade publisher
42 x 65 cm
One of the plates from the 100-copy album.
Catalog raisonné : Duthuit books 22
L'Enterrement de Pierrot (Pierrot's funeral) is linked to the world of the circus, the original theme of Jazz, to which other compositions such as Le Cirque, Le Clown, L'Avaleur de sabres, Le Lanceur de couteaux, etc. are linked. As the images were created, Matisse added other themes, such as folk tales and reminiscences of his trip to Oceania in 1930.
