Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Lot 149

Lot n° 149
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Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Lot 149
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Women and monkeys, 1958 Lithograph on paper printed on a double page, after Henri Matisse's "gouaches découpées". First edition. Dimensions: Dimensions : + Sheet size : 35,5 x 53 cm + Image size : 12 x 49.5 cm Condition : In very good condition, with slight handling creases at edges. Slight vertical creases on the ends of the left and right margins; and small pinholes due to binding on the center fold. The image is otherwise very clean, with bright, vivid colors. Folded as published, with "FEMMES ET SINGES" printed on the 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 from the time of the book's production, or from before 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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