The Black Feather Boa by Derain in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2008

The Black Feather Boa
1935

Object Details

Title: The Black Feather Boa

Artist: André Derain (French, Chatou 1880–1954 Garches)

Date: 1935

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 64 x 38 1/2 in. (162.6 x 97.8 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002

Accession Number: 2002.456.10

To the dismay of many of his early supporters, Derain abandoned his vibrant Fauve palette after World War I for the muted colors seen in this portrait of his favorite niece by marriage, Geneviève Thailland (b. 1919). This picture has been called the finest example of Derain's late figurative style.


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/492732