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HENRI MATISSE Etching Early 1915

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HENRI MATISSE Etching Early 1915
HENRI MATISSE (Emile Benoît)
Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869 - 1954 Nice

Josette Gris - 1915/16
Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching

Title : Josette Gris

Technique : Original Etching (drypoint) on chine appliqu'e (Chine paper on Velin d'Arches paper)

Paper size :25 X 16 cm / 9.8 X 6.3 inch.

Additional Information : This is an Original Etching by the famous artist Henri Matisse.
It is Hand Signed in ink by the artist "Henri Matisse" at the lower right margin.
And also Hand Inscribed in ink at the lower right margins "Tirage a quinze exampl, Epreuve quatrieme" (Edition of 15 impressions, proof number 4)
This early and rare work was printed in 1915-1916 in a very small edition of only 15 impressions. This is the 4th impressions.
The etching was printed on Chine paper that was then supported on Velin paper by Matisse.

Literature :Henri Matisse: Catalogue Raisone de L'oeuvre grav'e, Claude Duthuit,Paris,1983. reference 60.

Condition : Good condition. apart from matting discoloration in the margins and small foxing on the reverse.