The Nightmare of the White Elephant (plate)
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The Nightmare of the White Elephant (plate) is an individual satirical illustration from the 1968 picture book "Jazz" by Henri Matisse, reflecting his late-career cut-out style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Nightmare of the White Elephant (plate) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1977424 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Nightmare of the White Elephant (plate) Context triple: [Jazz (book), hasPart, The Nightmare of the White Elephant (plate)]
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A.
The Table Spread
The Table Spread is the fifth chapter of the Qur’an, focusing on themes of lawful and unlawful food, covenants, and the story of a heavenly feast requested by the disciples of Jesus.
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B.
Harlequin's Family with an Ape
"Harlequin's Family with an Ape" is an early 20th-century painting by Pablo Picasso from his Rose Period, depicting circus performers in a warm, sentimental style characteristic of that phase of his work.
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C.
Vejigante masks
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D.
Flora the Red Menace
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E.
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Nightmare of the White Elephant (plate) Target entity description: The Nightmare of the White Elephant (plate) is an individual satirical illustration from the 1968 picture book "Jazz" by Henri Matisse, reflecting his late-career cut-out style.
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A.
The Table Spread
The Table Spread is the fifth chapter of the Qur’an, focusing on themes of lawful and unlawful food, covenants, and the story of a heavenly feast requested by the disciples of Jesus.
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B.
Harlequin's Family with an Ape
"Harlequin's Family with an Ape" is an early 20th-century painting by Pablo Picasso from his Rose Period, depicting circus performers in a warm, sentimental style characteristic of that phase of his work.
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C.
Vejigante masks
Vejigante masks are brightly colored, often horned and demonic-looking traditional Puerto Rican carnival masks used in festivals and parades to represent mischievous or protective folkloric figures.
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D.
Flora the Red Menace
Flora the Red Menace is a 1965 Broadway musical that marked Liza Minnelli’s Tony Award–winning debut, featuring a satirical story about a young fashion designer entangled with communism during the Great Depression.
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E.
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is a famous etching and aquatint by Francisco Goya that allegorically depicts the dark, irrational forces unleashed when reason is abandoned.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book plate
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illustration ⓘ satirical illustration ⓘ |
| artMovement |
Fauvism
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Modern art ⓘ |
| artStyle |
late cut-out style
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paper cut-out ⓘ |
| associatedPeriodInArtistCareer | late career of Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| colorScheme | vivid colors ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depicts | white elephant (allegorical) ⓘ |
| genre | satire ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | illustration for artist’s book ⓘ |
| languageOfAccompanyingText | French ⓘ |
| medium | gouache-painted paper cut-outs ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of cut-out technique in a narrative, satirical context ⓘ |
| partOf | Jazz ⓘ |
| printingTechniqueOfContainingWork | pochoir ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | Tériade ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | plate in the Jazz series ⓘ |
| workContainedIn |
Matisse cut-outs
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surface form:
Jazz (artist’s book by Henri Matisse)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Nightmare of the White Elephant (plate) Description of subject: The Nightmare of the White Elephant (plate) is an individual satirical illustration from the 1968 picture book "Jazz" by Henri Matisse, reflecting his late-career cut-out style.
Referenced by (1)
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