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Henri Matisse
Cinquante dessins (Fifty Drawings) (D. Bks. 2)
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- £1,500 - 2,000
£2,838
Lot Details
Etching, with Chine-appliqué to wove paper, with full margins, bound (as issued), with 50 reproductions of the artist's drawings, text by Charles Vildrac, title page and colophon, all bound in the original grey paper covers.
1920
I. 14 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)
S. 30.2 x 21 cm (11 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
book 31.2 x 21.8 x 2.3 cm (12 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 0 7/8 in.)
S. 30.2 x 21 cm (11 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
book 31.2 x 21.8 x 2.3 cm (12 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 0 7/8 in.)
Signed in black ink on the print, stamp-numbered '903' in red on the colophon, from the edition of 1000 (there were also some artist's proofs), published by the artist.
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Henri Matisse
French | B. 1869 D. 1954The leading figure of the Fauvist movement at the turn of the 20th century, Henri Matisse is widely regarded as the giant of modern art alongside friend and rival Pablo Picasso. Working as a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor for over five decades, he radically challenged traditional conventions in art by experimenting with vivid colors, flat shapes and distilled line. Rather than modeling or shading to lend volume to his pictures, the French artist employed contrasting areas of unmodulated color. Heavily influenced by the art and visual culture of non-Western cultures, his subjects ranged from nudes, dancers, odalisques, still lifes and interior scenes and later evolved into the graphic semi-abstractions of his cut-outs of his late career.
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