Matisse, Henri - 1952 - Galerie Kléber (Affiches d'expositions réalisées)

Matisse, Henri
born 1869 in F - Cateau, died 1954 in F - Nizza
 

Galerie Kléber, Paris
poster to the exhibition: Affiches d'expositions réalisées depuis 25 ans par l'imprimerie Mourlot
poster without letters / avant la lettre
motif from "papiers découpés"
1952
original design
colour lithograph on handmade paper / Arches,
the paper is a little bit stronger than the paper of the smaller one
67 cm x 55 cm,
the size of this sheet is greater than the poster and shows the whole motif (see additional pictures)
paper with water mark
edition: "A few proofs on Arches paper, before lettering, reserved for the artist." (Mourlot no.45)
slight traces of age, generally in good or very good condition

order no. 26042

To the motif and to the poster:
"Six-color lithograph made from a collage composed for a poster exhibition organized in honor of  the centennial of the Mourlot Brother's printing house. This composition is one of the early, very successful examples of abstract art published for a wide public."
(Mourlot p.242)

catalogue raisonné:
Mourlot, Fernand, Affiches Originales, Monte Carlo 1959, 45
Cowart, Jack und Fourcade, Dominique, Henri Matisse - Paper Cut-Outs, New York 1977, 193
Döring, Jürgen: Künstlerplakate - Picasso, Warhol, Beuys..., ed. by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 1998, p. 28 f.