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front cover
back cover
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| Artist: Henri
Matisse French (1869-1954)
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Plate: V.15 (2)
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Title: Cover for inaugural issue of Verve!
(front & back cover)
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Description: Condition
A+ Original lithographs.
Issued in VERVE Number I, Winter 1937,
Printed in Paris, (unsigned)
Pulled on the presses of Mourlot.
Both 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.
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| Sheet Size: |
10 in x 14 in |
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25.5 x 35.5 cm |
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| Price: $ 975.00 USD for pair (2) |
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"Matisse's cover for the first issue of Verve, lithographed by Fernand
Mourlot Printers, was an original work of art created expressly for
the magazine, as would practically all of Verve's covers… Matisse
took great pains to make sure the cover would turn out exactly as
he wished. The cover consists of three unmodulated colours that the
master cut directly from printers' ink specimen books. In the centre
of this lively composition we see a drawing of a standing nude figure
whose curves seems to echo the contours of the "cut-out" colours,
as well as those of the sinuous letters VERVE running down the right
edge of the cover. Matisse himself drew the title with brush and India
Ink." (Verve: The Ultimate Review of Art and Literature (1937-1960)
page 35)
Verve was published from 1937 to 1960. It was a leader for promoting
modern movements in art. Printed and published in Paris, this periodical
contained major articles on and by leading contemporary artists. Every
issue contains at least one original print created specifically for
the publication. Many of the most sought after original lithographs
of the twentieth century appeared in 1952 double number of Verve.
Including Marc Chagall's Visions
de Paris set, Andre Masson's, The Torrent, Henri Matisse's, The
Sadness of the King, Leger's, The Country Outing,
Miro's, The Dog Barking at the Moon and original
lithographs in both colors and black and white by Georges Braque,
Henri Laurens, Alberto Giacometti, Francisco Bores and Marcel Gromaire.
The New York Times Celebrates VERVE
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