Accession Number
2004/2.66

Title
Napoléon

Artist(s)
Auguste Herbin

Artist Nationality
French (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1949

Medium & Support
screenprint on paper

Dimensions
29 1/2 in x 23 11/16 in (74.93 cm x 60.17 cm);21 5/16 in x 14 3/8 in (54.13 cm x 36.51 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick

Subject matter
After his earlier painting, "Napoléon I" (1949, Musée Mattisse), this composition is characteristic of Herbin's works exploring the relationship between color and form. He was interested in how these elements could be arranged to communicate meaning.

Physical Description
This screenprint has bands of black with white circles, squares, and triangles along top and bottom edge. A large yellow triangle takes up most of the right side, and other green, red, and pink shapes are throughout. The print has a studio stamp in black ink (l.r.) "herbin" and is numbered in pencil (l.l.) "148/150".

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Cubist
abstraction
geometric patterns
screen prints