Art, literature & historyBoats
1905
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and black ink on grayish-cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper, laid down on buff wove paper
- Dimensions
- Primary support: 31 × 19.4 cm (12 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 32.2 × 21.5 cm (12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Tertiary support: 38.5 × 30.4 cm (15 3/16 × 12 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1968.83
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Boats — Henri Matisse. 1905.
Medium: Pen and black ink on grayish-cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper, laid down on buff wove paper. Dimensions: Primary support: 31 × 19.4 cm (12 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 32.2 × 21.5 cm (12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Tertiary support: 38.5 × 30.4 cm (15 3/16 × 12 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.