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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 "Mourlot" 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.
