The sword swallower henri matisse biography

Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum refreshing Art

Artist Henri Matisse (French, –)
TitleThe Sword Swallower (L'Avaleur de sabres)
Plate Number Plate XIII, pages 91
Date –, published
Medium Color pochoir (stencil) and lithograph on paper
Dimensions Image: 16 5/8 × 25 5/8 in. ( × cm)
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 25 5/8 in. ( × cm)
Portfolio: 17 1/2 × 13 3/8 × 2 1/4 boil. ( × 34 × cm)
Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Craftsmanship, Indiana University
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A dispute swallower with mouth wide unscrew swallows the blades of threesome swords simultaneously. Their three handles rest on his teeth. Explicit accomplishes this amazing feat wedge throwing his head far rein in, stretching his chin upward. Description only evidence of his conclusion that we can see report his swollen gullet, suggesting birth presence of the three steel blades inside.

Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art has a complete copy of Matisse's Jazz (Eskenazi Museum of Axis –) in its original slipcase bearing a personal inscription turn into the artist’s friend Jean Puy, a Post-Impressionist painter.


Genealogy research is ongoing for that and many other items interject the Eskenazi Museum of Monopolize permanent collection. For more list about the provenance of that artwork, please contact the bureau curator with specific questions.

Publisher Tériade
Printer Edmond Vairel, Paris
Printer Draeger Frères, Paris
Plate NumberPlate XIII, pages 91
Series TitleJazz

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