The Snail

The Snail

Infobox Painting|

backcolor=#FBF5DF
painting_alignment=right
image_size=300px
title=The Snail
artist=Henri Matisse
year=1953
type=Gouache on paper
height=287
width=288
height_inch=112 3/4
width_inch=108
city=London
museum=Tate Gallery

"The Snail" or "The Snail (L'escargot)," by Henri Matisse, Nice-Cimiez, Hotel Regina, [summer 1952-early] 1953, Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, on white paper, 9'4 3/4" x 9' 5" (287 x 288 cm) collection Tate Gallery, London. [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=9396&searchid=8955 Tate Gallery, retrieved online December 25, 2007] ] It consists of a number of colored shapes, arranged in a spiral pattern, as suggested by the title. During the early to mid-1940s Matisse was in poor health. Eventually by 1950 he stopped painting in favor of his paper cutouts. "The Snail," is a major example of Matisse's final body of works known as the "cutouts". [http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-matisse-EN/ENS-matisse-en.htm "Henri Matisse"] , Pompidou Centre. Retrieved 25 December 2007.]

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[http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=9396&searchid=8955&tabview=image from the Tate retrieved December 25, 2007]


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