LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Henri Matisse
Costume Sketch for a Warrior, 'Le Chant du Rossignol (Song of the Nightingale)'1920

Not on view
Graphite drawing on aged tan paper of a full-length armored warrior in frontal stance, wearing quilted breastplate, layered skirt armor, and winged helmet, with handwritten annotations in a non-Latin script

Henri Matisse, Costume Sketch for a Warrior, 'Le Chant du Rossignol (Song of the Nightingale)', 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Henri Matisse
France, 1869-1954
Title
Costume Sketch for a Warrior, 'Le Chant du Rossignol (Song of the Nightingale)'
Place Made
France
Date Made
1920
Medium
Pencil on paper
Dimensions
17 x 8 5/8 in. (43.18 x 21.91 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.68.51.23
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Teatro y Pintura: el diálogo moderno. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia and Editorial Aldeasa, 2000.
Copyright
© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York