The day
Maker
(artist)
1869-1954
(lithographer)
1869-1954
(publisher)
1869-1954
1869-1954
(lithographer)
1869-1954
(publisher)
1869-1954
Title
The day
Date of Production
1922
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Height: 25.8 cm
Width: 40.9 cm
Width: 40.9 cm
Accession Number
G.1935.SC.193
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
day (concept)
Label Text
The Day is one of the first lithographs Matisse made when he returned to the technique after a gap of several years. It is one of a pair of prints that echo the poses and titles of the allegorical sculptures by Michelangelo on the tomb of Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence. Unusually for Matisse, the figure floats unsupported in space. The sharp cropping that characterised some of his earlier prints has here given way to a sense of harmony and completeness.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Special Display - Picasso, Matisse, Maillol: The Female Model, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/01/2013-26/05/2013
Manet to Matisse - French Prints from the Courtauld, Finchley & London & England, 27/06/2008-16/08/2008
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...More
long-term loan, City Art Gallery, Wakefield, 1946-1947 ...Less
Manet to Matisse - French Prints from the Courtauld, Finchley & London & England, 27/06/2008-16/08/2008
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...More
long-term loan, City Art Gallery, Wakefield, 1946-1947 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscribed : signed on the stone : recto & lower right : with initials : HM
Inscription: inscribed : signed & ink : recto & lower left : : Henri Matisse
Inscription: inscribed : signed & ink : recto & lower left : : Henri Matisse
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