Artwork from the JSP Estate/Private Collection
Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1869-1964
Title of Work
Teeny (Portrait of a Woman)
Preview
Date of Work
1938
Medium
Woodblock on paper
Edition #
1938 for XXe Siecle
Signature
Initialed in the block, lower left
Height
12 1/2"
Width
9 1/8"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: FF_008_B
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Henri Matisse was a prominent French artist born in 1869. In 1887 he originally intended to study law in Paris, but he first started painting in 1889 after he had appendicitis. It was then he decided to study art at the Académie Julian. Best known for his Fauvist style, French expressionist Henri Matisse became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century through his revolutionary use of expressive color and exaggerated form to express emotion in his artworks. Works by Henri Matisse can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Barnes Foundation, the Art Institute of Chicago and several other collections internationally.
Additional Information
Teeny or Portrait of a Woman, was part Published in the Christmas 1938 issue of the deluxe art review, XXe Siecle. Additional lithography related to the work on verso.
James Smith Pierce Collection.
Tag: JSP Estate Collection
Condition
Very good
Condition Notes
tape residue on verso in corners