Henri Matisse, Lithographie Xii (Duthuit 20), Repli, Gravures De Henri Matisse, Lithograph

Condition: Pre-Owned
Lithograph on vlin a la forme des papeteries d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered. Paper Size: 10 x 6.375 inches. Excellent condition. Notes: From the volume, Repli, Gravures de Henri Matisse, 1947. Published by ditions du Blier, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frres, Paris. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), Justification of the draw XXXV examples on vlin a la forme des papeteries de Montval, accompanied by a series of lithographs drawn on chine, numbered from I to XXV and I to X; CCCXV examples on vlin a la forme des papeteries d'Arches, numbered from XXVI to CCL and from XI to C. In addition, XX examples were drawn on Arches, intended for the various collaborators, all nominative. The lithographs were printed on papier Ile-de-France et Lana pur chif-fon. The linos and stones were scratched after drawing. All colophons are signed by the author and illustrator.

HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) One of the undisputed masters of 20th century art, was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. Although he was initially labeled a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting. His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.
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