{"id":8856,"title":"The Poems of Charles of Orléans","medium":"Color lithographs, letterpress","classification":"Books & Publications","dimension":"16 x 10 3/8 in. (40.64 x 26.35 cm)","object_name":"Artist's book","continent":"Europe","country":"France","nationality":"French","dated":"February 25, 1950","room":"Not on View","role":"Artist","inscription":"Mark","markings":"Watermark: <Arches>","text":"In creating this illustrated book Matisse strove to fulfill two differing goals. On the one hand he wanted to visualize the courtly elegance of these late medieval poems and conceived of his edition as a modern painted manuscript. Matisse copied each poem in a handwritten script that emulates the poet’s late Gothic calligraphic style. \r\n \r\nOn the other hand Matisse envisaged his illustrations in terms of a child’s workbook. By producing colored lithographic images Matisse conveyed the spontaneous joy he experienced when reading Charles d’Orléans’ poems.","creditline":"Gift of Bruce B. Dayton","Catalog_Raisonne":"Boston 202\r\nRauch 174\r\nStern 73\r\nCramer 36\r\nBarr 272-273","accession_number":"B.75.3","artist":"Henri Matisse; Author: Charles d'Orléans; Publisher: Tériade, Paris, France; Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris","life_date":"French, 1869–1954","department":"European Art","rights_type":"Public Domain","image_width":2507,"image_height":1920,"recent":0,"see_also":[],"sort_number":"B         75    3","image":"valid","public_access":1,"curator_approved":0,"highlights":0,"Cache_Location":"008000\\800\\50\\8856","Primary_RenditionNumber":"mia_4447b.jpg","Rights_Image_Display":"Full","TitleAlt":"Poèmes de Charles d’Orléans","mtime":"2026-02-04T06:00:50.797Z"}