Matisse, Henri, Dancer 2, 1925-26

1925-1926

Lithograph in black on Arches paper, for Dix Danseuses, Paris, éditions de la Galerie d’Art contemporain de Paris, 1927, pl. 2

50.5 x 33 cm

Numbered in pencil lower left of 130, signed by the artist in pencil lower left

Catalogue raisonné : Duthuit 481

The theme of dance is a major inspiration in Henri Matisse’s work, from the round figures in Bonheur de vivre in 1905-1906 (The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania) to the dancers, acrobats and swimmers in the cut-out gouaches of the 1950s.