The day

Copyright

Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
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Maker

(artist)
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

Object Number

G.1935.SC.193

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display
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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.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscribed : signed on the stone : recto & lower right : with initials : HM

Inscription: inscribed : signed & ink : recto & lower left : : Henri Matisse

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Special Display - Picasso, Matisse, Maillol: The Female Model, 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
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19th and 20th Century Drawings and Prints from the Courtauld Collection, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 29/10/1977-11/12/1977; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, 17/12/1977-28/01/1978; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton, 04/02/1978-18/03/1978; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, 28/10/1978-10/12/1978; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 16/12/1978-28/01/1979; Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery, Portsmouth, 03/02/1979-18/03/1979
long-term loan, City Art Gallery, Wakefield, 1946-1947
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