Art, literature & historyCocked Head and Fish Bowl
1929
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching in black on cream wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé)
- Dimensions
- Image: 14.3 × 17.2 cm (5 11/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Primary support: 14.4 × 19.1 cm (5 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Plate: 15 × 19.5 cm (5 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 28.3 × 38 cm (11 3/16 × 15 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1982.1829
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Cocked Head and Fish Bowl — Henri Matisse. 1929.
Medium: Etching in black on cream wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé). Dimensions: Image: 14.3 × 17.2 cm (5 11/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Primary support: 14.4 × 19.1 cm (5 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Plate: 15 × 19.5 cm (5 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 28.3 × 38 cm (11 3/16 × 15 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.