Pierrot's Funeral

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Artist Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)

Title Pierrot's Funeral (L'Enterrement de Pierrot)

Plate Number Plate X, pages 70 and 71

Series Jazz

Date 1943–1947, published 1947

Medium Color pochoir (stencil) on paper

Dimensions Image: 16 5/8 × 25 5/8 in. (42.2 × 65.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 25 5/8 in. (42.2 × 65.1 cm)
Portfolio: 17 1/2 × 13 3/8 × 2 1/4 in. (44.5 × 34 × 5.7 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 65.23.10

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About this Work

Pierrot was a well-known character in French pantomime. In this print, Pierrot is carried to his burial in a white circus wagon drawn by two white horses. Although dead autumn leaves fall around the funeral cortege, there is a certain sprightliness about the gait of the horses and the bouncy circus wagon. The passionate red heart of Pierrot, seen through the window, suggests that his spirit will survive.

Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art has a complete copy of Matisse's Jazz (Eskenazi Museum of Art 65.23.1–.20) in its original slipcase bearing a personal inscription to the artist’s friend Jean Puy, a Post-Impressionist painter.

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Publisher Tériade
Printer Edmond Vairel, Paris
Printer Draeger Frères, Paris
Plate Number Plate X, pages 70 and 71
Series Title Jazz

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