The Snail

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The Snail is a late-career cut-out collage by Henri Matisse that arranges bold, colorful paper shapes into a semi-abstract spiral composition.

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The Snail canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collage ⓘ
cut-out ⓘ
modern art work ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance iconic work of 20th-century abstraction ⓘ
major example of Matisse’s cut-out period ⓘ
artist Henri Matisse ⓘ
city London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
collection Tate ⓘ
colorCharacteristic bold colors ⓘ
vivid colors ⓘ
composition spiral ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Henri Matisse ⓘ
depicts snail (abstracted) ⓘ
dimensionsHeightCm 287 ⓘ
dimensionsWidthCm 288 ⓘ
genre abstract art ⓘ
semi-abstract art ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
location Tate Modern ⓘ
material adhesive ⓘ
gouache ⓘ
paper ⓘ
medium gouache-painted paper ⓘ
paper collage ⓘ
movement Fauvism ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
originalTitle L’Escargot ⓘ
periodInArtistCareer late career ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameArtist Blue Nude ⓘ
surface form: Blue Nude II

The Parakeet and the Mermaid ⓘ
The Sheaf ⓘ
series Matisse cut-outs ⓘ
shape square ⓘ
styleCharacteristic geometric shapes ⓘ
large flat color areas ⓘ
simplified forms ⓘ
subjectMatter snail ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ
technique cut-out ⓘ
papier découpé ⓘ
title The Snail self-link ⓘ
yearCompleted 1953 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henri Matisse → notableWork → The Snail ⓘ
The Snail → title → The Snail self-link ⓘ
cut-out period → notableWork → The Snail ⓘ
El Caracol → nameMeaning → The Snail ⓘ
L’Escargot → titleInEnglish → The Snail ⓘ
Matisse cut-outs → notableWork → The Snail ⓘ
"The Lich" → featuresCharacter → The Snail ⓘ
subject surface form: The Lich