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MATISSE, HENRI

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MATISSE,  HENRI
MATISSE, HENRI
(composition) from "Poesies Antillaises"
Medium: lithograph in bistre on Arches paper
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EditInfo: published in an edition of 275
PubPrinter: as published and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris
Date: 1945-1953
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Plate Size: (plate-image)11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in; 28.5 x 22.2 cm.
Condition: In fine condition, full margins.
Literature: Recorded and illustrated in the standard text on the original prints of Henri Matisse for illustrated books and portfolios by Duthuit, p. 294.
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Comments: This work was inspired by the artist's admiration for the work of the poet-novelist Charles-Antoine Nau, a fellow Martinique aficianado. The lithographs were drawn by Matisse and proofs were pulled between 1945 and 1953. Due to financial problems, theproject was not finished at that time. Matisse's heirs authorized the completion of the project in 1972 and the printer continued with the work utilizing the lithographs created by Matisse and signed in proof before he died.
French 1869-1954