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Matisse, Henri
born 1869 in F - Cateau, died 1954 in F - Nizza
Galerie Kléber, Paris
poster to the exhibition: Affiches d'expositions réalisées depuis 25 ans par l'imprimerie Mourlot
poster without letters / avant la lettre
motif from "papiers découpés"
1952
original design
colour lithograph on handmade paper / Arches
64 cm x 50 cm
paper with water mark
edition: "A few proofs on Arches paper, before lettering, reserved for the artist." (Mourlot no.45)
generally in good or very good condition
order no. 11391
To the motif and to the poster:
"Six-color lithograph made from a collage composed for a poster exhibition organized in honor of the centennial of the Mourlot Brother's printing house. This composition is one of the early, very successful examples of abstract art published for a wide public."
(Mourlot p.242)
catalogue raisonné:
Mourlot, Fernand, Affiches Originales, Monte Carlo 1959, 45
Cowart, Jack und Fourcade, Dominique, Henri Matisse - Paper Cut-Outs, New York 1977, 193
Döring, Jürgen: Künstlerplakate - Picasso, Warhol, Beuys..., ed. by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 1998, p. 28 f.
