Artist’s Ephemera

Henri Matisse
L'Ilyssus du Parthénon (Ilysus of the Parthenon)
1908
Oil on canvas

Notes

The reproduction was clipped from: The Dial LXXXII (March 1927): ill. in color, n.p. [ill. is located between pp. 180–81].

The present whereabouts of the painting is unknown.

Commentary

Gorky's painting Greek Torso (see P068), c. 1928–29, is directly informed by this painting. As the only known color illustration of Matisse's painting printed during Gorky's lifetime, this reproduction was likely his primary source of reference.