Skip to main content
Mermaid, Study for “I wish to drag my pain the length of France”

Henri Matisse

Mermaid, Study for “I wish to drag my pain the length of France”

1941

Scroll

Henri Matisse

Mermaid, Study for “I wish to drag my pain the length of France”

1941

Physical Qualities Crayon transfer lithograph printed in red-brown, Sheet: 282 x 381 mm. (11 1/8 x 15 in.) Image: 150 x 234 mm. (5 7/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Marguerite Matisse Duthuit Collection
Object Number 2010.231
Study for one of 126 lithographs illustrating "Florilège des Amours de Ronsard," published by Albert Skira (Paris, 1948).
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Claude and Barbara Duthuit, France
Kristen Hileman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Morris Louis Unveiled," September 8 - Feburary 9, 2014.

Inscribed: lower right stamped: "14/25 HM."; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: "Pl 404"

Artist

Henri Matisse

1868–1953

French, 1869-1954
Meet Henri Matisse

Explore the Collection Further

Henri Matisse
Mermaid, Study for "I wish to drag my pain the length of France"
1941
Henri Matisse
Mermaid, Study for "I wish to drag my pain the length of France"
1941
Henri Matisse and Roger Lacourière
What Silken Flag of the Balm of Immortal Glory (refused etching, recto and verso)
20th century
Henri Matisse
Mermaid, Study for "I wish to drag my pain the length of France"
1941
Henri Matisse
Mermaid, Study for "I wish to drag my pain the length of France"
1941
Henri Matisse
Mermaid, Study for "I wish to drag my pain the length of France"
1941
Henri Matisse
Mermaid, Study for "I wish to drag my pain the length of France"
1941