Calypso
Etching, 1935
From the Ulysses Suite
Unsigned
Paper size: 21 × 27.4cm
£950 Framed
Henri Matisse's 1935 Ulysses is a series six of etchings that were commissioned by publisher George Macey for the illustrated edition of "Ulysses," James Joyce's modern adaptation of Homer's "Odyssey." Drawing from scenes in Joyce's source material, "Odyssey," Matisse reinterprets the epic poem's events into modernist line drawings that complement Joyce's modernist take on the poem
Etching, 1935
From the Ulysses Suite
Unsigned
Paper size: 21 × 27.4cm
£950 Framed
Henri Matisse's 1935 Ulysses is a series six of etchings that were commissioned by publisher George Macey for the illustrated edition of "Ulysses," James Joyce's modern adaptation of Homer's "Odyssey." Drawing from scenes in Joyce's source material, "Odyssey," Matisse reinterprets the epic poem's events into modernist line drawings that complement Joyce's modernist take on the poem
Etching, 1935
From the Ulysses Suite
Unsigned
Paper size: 21 × 27.4cm
£950 Framed
Henri Matisse's 1935 Ulysses is a series six of etchings that were commissioned by publisher George Macey for the illustrated edition of "Ulysses," James Joyce's modern adaptation of Homer's "Odyssey." Drawing from scenes in Joyce's source material, "Odyssey," Matisse reinterprets the epic poem's events into modernist line drawings that complement Joyce's modernist take on the poem