Beasts of the Sea
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| Artist | Henri Matisse |
| Year | 1950 |
| Type | Paper collage on canvas |
| Dimensions | 295.5 cm × 154 cm (116 3⁄8 in × 60 5⁄8 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Beasts of the Sea (French: Les bêtes de la mer) is a paper collage on canvas by Henri Matisse from 1950. It is currently in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.[1] During the early-to-mid-1940s Matisse was in poor health. Eventually by 1950 he stopped painting in favor of his paper cutouts. Beasts of the Sea, is an example of Matisse's final body of works known as the cutouts.[2]
Notes and references[]
- ^ NGO, retrieved December 25, 2007 Archived November 10, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Henri Matisse" Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, Pompidou Centre. Retrieved 25 December 2007.
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