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Henri Matisse
La Gerbe1953

Not on view
Abstract paper cutout composition with dozens of flat, plant- and hand-like shapes in cobalt blue, black, orange, green, and red massed into a dense cluster on a cream background, inscribed 'HM 53'
Artist or Maker
Henri Matisse
France, 1869-1954
Title
La Gerbe
Place Made
France
Date Made
1953
Medium
Ceramic tile embedded in plaster
Dimensions
119 3/8 × 142 1/8 in. (303.21 × 361 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Frances L. Brody, in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number
M.2010.1
Classification
Installation Art
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Jayne, Thomas with Anne Walker. The Finest Tea Rooms in America: Fifty Influential Interiors from the Eighteenth Century to the Present. New York: The Monacelli Press, 2010.
  • Aloi, Giovanni. Botanical Revolutions: How Plants Changed the Course of Art. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2025.