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| Artist: Henri
Matisse French (1869-1954) |
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Plate: MP. 47
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Title: Matisse, Papiers Decoupes
Paper cut-outs |
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Description: Condition
A. Lithograph
from the "Affiches Originales" series.
Printed by Mourlot Freres in Paris, 1959.
Signed and dated in the plate.
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free, archival museum mat, with framing
labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat via Fedex.
Certificate of Authenticity.
See our Terms of Sale
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| Sheet Size: |
9 1/4 in x 12 1/2 in |
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23.5 cm x 32 cm |
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Price: temporarily out of
stock
(Like many of my most sought after images I am usually able to
locate this for clients. email me for a price estimate, Greg)
To Request
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This Matisse poster, done for an exhibition of his paper cut-outs
in 1953, shows us the essence of his work at the time. He said that
"Scissors can acquire more feeling for line than pencil or charcoal...
(not unlike) carving in colour... Cutting straight into colour reminds
me of the direct carving of a sculpture, the same thing in colour
that Michelangelo did in stone"
"The abstracted simplicity of form and the flat areas of colour
pattern which Matisse created with collages of paper during the period
at the beginning of the 1950's mark one of the most inspired moments
in his career as an artist. Rhythms of colour used in a manner which
went far beyond the merely visual had been a vital element of his
art from some 25 years earlier. However it was in the period of the
'cut-paper' compositions that he was able to see a way of taking them
even further into the area of an independent non-descriptive, effectively
abstract, role...All the prints from this 'cut-paper' period were
created by Matisse making a 'maquette', which was then transferred
to lithographic stones at the studio of Mourlot." (Weston)
During the 1950s the renowned French printer, Mourlot Freres, printed
most of the "original" posters of the most important artists
of the day. In 1959 they printed the series "Affiches Originales"
for collectors. They are reduced lithographic versions of the "original"
posters created by the contemporary masters, Picasso,
Chagall, Braque, Matisse, Miro,
Leger, and Dufy. |
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