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Matisse, Henri
born 1869 in F - Cateau, died 1954 in F - Nizza
gemeentemuseum arnhem
poster to the exhibition: Franse Affiches,
apparently designed as the poster from 1952 of the Galerie Kléber Paris - Affiches d'expositions réalisées depuis 25 ans par l'imprimerie Mourlot,
motive from "papiers découpés"
1953
original design
colour lithograph on handmade paper / Arches
64 cm x 50 cm
print: Mourlot
paper with water mark at the lower border
one of the rare posters for the exhibition in Arnhem, total edition of about 800 copies
small tear at one border, a few traces of use on the backside, regarding the age generally in good condition
added:
Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Franse Affiches, 1953/54, complete catalogue unpaginated with 160 numbered posters, many loose pictures
(see additional picture)
order no. 17654
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:
Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Franse Affiches, 1953/54, catalogue unpaginated with 160 numbered posters
compare Mourlot, Fernand, Affiches Originales, Monte Carlo 1959, 45
compare Cowart, Jack und Fourcade, Dominique, Henri Matisse - Paper Cut-Outs, New York 1977, 193
compare Döring, Jürgen: Künstlerplakate - Picasso, Warhol, Beuys..., ed. by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 1998, p. 28 f.
