Matisse, Henri, Veiled Figure with Four Bracelets, 1929

1929

Original lithograph in black on Arches

65.5 x 50.5 cm

Signed and dedicated by the artist in pencil lower right

Catalogue raisonné : Duthuit 506

Figure voilée aux quatre bracelets (Veiled figure with four bracelets ) relates to the oriental theme of odalisques, which dominated Matissian iconography for a decade. The model is probably Élise Löwengard, known as Lisette, who posed for Matisse from 1928 to 1933. Lisette is also the inspiration for the lithograph La Persane, also from 1929 (D.507).