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Prose for Des Esseintes (published state)

Henri Matisse and Roger Lacourière

Prose for Des Esseintes (published state)

1929-1930

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Prose for Des Esseintes (published state)

1929-1930

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 330 x 250 mm. (13 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Marguerite Matisse Duthuit Collection
Object Number 2015.340.79
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Barbara Duthuit, New York; by inheritance from Marguerite Matisse Duthuit; the artist

Inscribed: Recto: at lower right, stamped in black ink: "Essai" "HM" Verso:at lower right, in graphite: "Der Esseintes / pl 19 p 92"

Artist

Henri Matisse

1868–1953

French, 1869-1954
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Printer

Roger Lacourière

1891–1965

French, 1892-1966
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