Face, Silence

1929

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Drypoint on chine collé
Dimensions: plate: 3 15/16 x 5 7/8 in. (10 x 14.9 cm) sheet: 11 3/16 x 15 in. (28.4 x 38.1 cm)
Collection no.: 1981.1238.1
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Face, Silence — Henri Matisse. 1929.

Medium: Drypoint on chine collé. Dimensions: plate: 3 15/16 x 5 7/8 in. (10 x 14.9 cm) sheet: 11 3/16 x 15 in. (28.4 x 38.1 cm).

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

Credit line: Gift in honor of Alfred Barr Jr., 1981.

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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