Henri matisse (1869-1954). - Lot 58

Lot n° 58
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Henri matisse (1869-1954). - Lot 58
Henri matisse (1869-1954). Project for Artine, 1948. Etching, test print for folding. Unsigned. 34 x 22 cm (on the plate) ; 43.6 x 29.8 cm (the sheet) . Project for Artine with René Char (Quatre têtes de femmes) . Provenance : Acquired at the Galerie Aranthon, Paris in April 2004 . . René Char in the spring of 1946 asks Matisse for a frontispiece for a collection of poems. The latter specifies that the illustration cannot be a reproduction of drawings printed "by a cliché", but that he wants an original engraving whose plate will be destroyed after the printing. Artine was not published, only "Le poème pulvérisé" was published in 1947 by Paris Fontaine....
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