The Goldfish Bowl

1929

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 15 x 11 1/4 in. (38.1 x 28.6 cm) plate: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. (14.6 x 9.8 cm)
Collection no.: 2002.456.82
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Goldfish Bowl — Henri Matisse. 1929.

Medium: Etching on paper. Dimensions: sheet: 15 x 11 1/4 in. (38.1 x 28.6 cm) plate: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. (14.6 x 9.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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