Hôtel Régina, Nice, c. 1953. Photo: Lydia Delectorskaya. © 2014 Succession H. Matisse
The Snail. 1953. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, on paper, mounted on canvas, 112 3/4 x 113" (286.4 x 287 cm). Tate. Purchased with assistance from the Friends of the Tate Gallery, 1962
Memory of Oceania. Summer 1952–early 1953. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, and charcoal on paper, mounted on canvas, 112 x 112 7/8" (284.4 x 286.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs Simon Guggenheim Fund, 1968
Large Decoration with Masks. 1953. Preliminary maquette for ceramic. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, and ink on white paper, mounted on canvas, 139 1/4 x 392 1/4" (353.6 x 996.4 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1973.17.1
Creole Dancer. June 1950. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, on paper, mounted on canvas, 30 3/4 x 47 1/4" (205.1. x 120 cm). Musée Matisse, Nice. Gift of Henri Matisse, 1953