Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Coquelicots






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Henri Matisse, Coquelicots, a 1958 lithograph on paper printed on double page from the artist’s gouache-cutouts, Édition limitée, sheet 35.5 × 53 cm with the image 11.8 × 50 cm, unsigned and in good condition, produced in France and sold by Galerie.
Description from the seller
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Coquelicots, 1958
Lithography on paper printed on double page, after the “cut-out gouaches” by Henri Matisse.
First edition.
Dimensions :
Sheet : 35.5 × 53 cm (13.9 × 20.8 in.)
Image : 11.8 × 50 cm (4.6 × 19.7 in.)
Condition : In good overall condition, with a few small mounting holes on the back. A small stain on the inner back as well. Folded as published & “COQUELICOTS” printed on the back as published.
Published in “Verve” (vol. IX, no. 35-36), July 1958, Paris, under the title “Dernières Œuvres de Matisse 1950-1954”.
These works were created by the artist with colored papers in gouache, cut with scissors and pasted. They are presented here with drawings executed at the same time or during the previous period. Matisse composed the cover especially for this volume. These lithographic plates were printed during the year 1954 under his direction.
The printing of the color lithographs by Mourlot Frères and that of the photogravure reproductions and the typography by the master printers Draeger Frères, was completed in Paris on 28 July 1958.
Seller's Story
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Coquelicots, 1958
Lithography on paper printed on double page, after the “cut-out gouaches” by Henri Matisse.
First edition.
Dimensions :
Sheet : 35.5 × 53 cm (13.9 × 20.8 in.)
Image : 11.8 × 50 cm (4.6 × 19.7 in.)
Condition : In good overall condition, with a few small mounting holes on the back. A small stain on the inner back as well. Folded as published & “COQUELICOTS” printed on the back as published.
Published in “Verve” (vol. IX, no. 35-36), July 1958, Paris, under the title “Dernières Œuvres de Matisse 1950-1954”.
These works were created by the artist with colored papers in gouache, cut with scissors and pasted. They are presented here with drawings executed at the same time or during the previous period. Matisse composed the cover especially for this volume. These lithographic plates were printed during the year 1954 under his direction.
The printing of the color lithographs by Mourlot Frères and that of the photogravure reproductions and the typography by the master printers Draeger Frères, was completed in Paris on 28 July 1958.
