Le cauchemar de l'éléphant blanc

About the Artwork

Title Le cauchemar de l'éléphant blanc

Artwork Date 1943

Makers Henri Matisse (Artist) French, 1869-1954 Edmond Vairel (Printer) French Tériade (Publisher) Greek, 1897 - 1983

Medium Pochoir printed in color ink on wove paper

Dimensions Image: 16 1/8 × 25 1/4 inches (41 × 64.1 cm) Sheet: 16 5/8 × 25 3/4 inches (42.2 × 65.4 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of John S. Newberry

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 48.241

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