Danseuse 2
Henri Matisse
1925-1926
Black lithograph on Arches paper, for Dix Danseuses, Paris, editions of the Gallery of Contemporary Art of Paris, 1927, pl. 2
50,5 x 33 cm
Numbered in pencil lower left on 130, signed by the artist in pencil lower left
Catalog 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.