Lot n° 145
Estimation :
150 - 170
EUR
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Lot 145
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Poppies, 1958
Lithograph on paper printed on a double page, after Henri Matisse's "gouaches découpées".
First edition.
Dimensions :
+ Sheet size: 35.5 x 53 cm
+ Image size : 11.8 x 50 cm
Condition : In good condition, with minor stains and handling creases at the edges. Small pinholes due to binding on the central fold. The image is otherwise very clean with bright, vivid colors. Folded as published, with "COQUELICOTS" printed on spine.
From "Verve" (vol. IX, no. 35-36), July 1958, Paris, under the title "Dernières Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954".
These works were made by the artist with gouache-colored paper, cut with scissors and glued. Here we have drawings dating from the time of the book's completion, or prior to its publication. Matisse designed the cover especially for this volume. These lithographic plates were printed in 1954 under his direction.
The printing of the color lithographs by Mourlot Frères and of the photogravure reproductions and typography by the Draeger Frères master printers was completed in Paris on July 28, 1958.
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