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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
À la manière de [Henri Matisse]
Contributor:
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954.
Contributor (Organization):
Elpé Promotion.
Contributor (Organization):
Laboratoires Roussel.
Subject (Genre):
Posters
Subject (MeSH Term):
Emblems and Insignia
Subject (MeSH Term):
Medicine
Subject (MeSH Term):
Paintings
Subject (MeSH Term):
Pharmacy
Publication Information:
[France] : Elpé Promotion, [19--?]
Publication Country:
France
Copyright Statement:
This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
Order No.:
C04214
Physical Description:
1 photomechanical print (poster) : col. ; 60 x 40 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Painting of a serpent in an upright position with its body curved next to the stem of a plant with leaves. The serpent's body is yellow, outlined in red, and has blue, black, green, and orange squares on it. A yellow circle to the side doubles as the sun and the "flower" on the long green stem. The remainder of the painting shows orange ground, tan and yellow sand with a conch, and blue for a body of water that blends into the pink and blue sky.
Note (General):
One of a series of twelve paintings "after the manner of" twelve artists. The posters are part of what is referred to by the accompanying literature as a "caduceus" series by Roussel Laboratories in France. The images really represent the staff of Aesculapius (one serpent encircling the staff) as opposed to a caduceus (two serpents encircling the staff, coming from opposite directions). The posters have numbers on the back ranging from 147 to 158, this being no. 152.
Note (General):
Date on painting reads '47.
Note (General):
"88.81 no 6."
Note (General):
Accession number: 04-09.
Language:
fre
Restrictions on Access:
HMD provides access to digital images in lieu of originals when electronic copies exist. Access to originals may require advance notice. Please see HMD Reference Librarian for more information.
Source of Acquisition:
Gift; William Helfand; 2004;
URL:
Call Number:
PP05591 map
Record UI:
101456568

À la manière de [Henri Matisse]

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