La Gerbe, 1953

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La Gerbe, 1953

$4,785.00

Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)                                   

Medium: Color Lithograph Derived from the Cut-Paper Original Maquette with center fold (as issued). 

Edition No.: 1st Edition, Vol. IX, no. 35 & 36/6,500

Signed in plate, lower right

Publisher: Tériade, Paris

Printer: Mourlot Atelier, Paris

Catalogue Raisonné: Duthuit 139, Freitag 6231

Matisse and his friend Tériade, a Greek-born publisher, were among the many who fled Paris in 1940, when the Germans invaded France. Frustrated in his exile, Tériade urged Matisse to collaborate on a "book of color"—a proposal that resulted in two publications: an issue of Tériade's magazine, Verve, dedicated to "The Color of Matisse" (1945), and the artist's book Jazz (1947). Matisse and Tériade subsequently collaborated on another issue of Verve devoted to the paintings Matisse created in Vence. The artist designed the maquette by interleaving color prints of his recent paintings with specially created black-ink drawings of fruit and foliage. In addition he created a special frontispiece and cover using papiers découpés, or paper cutouts, which would be Matisse's medium of choice during his final years.

 

In the collection of:

Minneapolis Museum of Art (MIA), MN

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This work comes with full historical documentation, which includes the following: Certificate of Authenticity, Letter of Appraisal, Justification Pages from the Printer/Publisher, as well as additional information on the artist and the print at

This work comes with full historical documentation, which includes the following: Certificate of Authenticity, Letter of Appraisal, Justification Pages from the Printer/Publisher, as well as additional information on the artist and the print atelier's collaboration.

Also included is the work's recorded provenance history. All the paperwork is protected and sealed inside a hard-bound folio.

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This work was created at the acclaimed Mourlot Atelier, Paris. Founded by Fernand Mourlot, the Atelier is credited in art history with the resurgence of the lithograph and was recognized as the premiere print studio in Paris. During the twentieth c

This work was created at the acclaimed Mourlot Atelier, Paris.

Founded by Fernand Mourlot, the Atelier is credited in art history with the resurgence of the lithograph and was recognized as the premiere print studio in Paris. During the twentieth century, artists such as Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picasso worked directly with Mourlot to create and executed their prints. 

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