Periwinkles / Moroccan Garden

Henri Matisse · Tangier, winter-spring 1912

This is Periwinkles / Moroccan Garden — a painting by Matisse, from Tangier, winter-spring nineteen twelve. Charcoal — burnt wood, sitting loose on the surface, which is why so little early drawing in it survives.

Medium Oil, pencil, and charcoal on canvas · Dimensions 46 x 32 1/2" (116.8 x 82.5 cm) · Credit Gift of Florene M. Schoenborn

Hanging beside it in Gallery 506: The Blue Window, The Moroccans

More by Henri Matisse here: The Back (I), The Back (II), The Back (III), The Back (IV), Tiari, Dance (I)