Matisse, Henri, Album Jazz, Plate XI, 1947

1947

Plate XI from the album Jazz, Les Codomas

Colored stencil on Arches paper, after a collage and cut-out by Henri Matisse, Tériade éditeur

42 x 65 cm

One of the plates from the album printed in an edition of 100.

Catalogue raisonné: Duthuit livres 22

Based on the circus theme, Les Codomas evokes famous trapeze artists of the early ^20th century. The composition is divided between geometric and organic forms. As in all the “chromatic and rhythmic improvisations” that Matisse calls jazz plates, the color is dazzling.