Title:Page from The Poems of Charles of Orléans
Artist:Henri Matisse
Charles d’Orléans
Date:1950
Credit Line:Gift of Bruce B. Dayton
Image Copyright:© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Number:B.75.3.4
Artist:Henri Matisse
Charles d’Orléans
Date:1950
Credit Line:Gift of Bruce B. Dayton
Image Copyright:© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Number:B.75.3.4
The Poems of Charles of Orléans was Matisse's only book to employ color lithography. This addition of color allowed him to go beyond pure line to a more decorative look, as seen in this naturalistic portrait of a young girl opposite a page of vibrant fleur-de-lis.