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Henri MatisseFigure Reading, in front of Moucharaby - Edition of 15 Orientalism Reading1929
1929
About the Item
This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Henri Matisse” in the lower right margin.
It is also hand inscribed ‘essai’ [proof], in the lower right margin.
This impression is one of only two annotated ‘essai’, aside from the standard edition of 15.
Provenance: Collector's mark Marcel Louis Guerin (1873-1948), Lugt 1872b.
Galerie R.-G. Michel, 17 quai Saint Michel, Paris.
Gallery Nordqvist, Malmö. Acquired from the above in 1952.
Private Collection, Scandinavia.
Literature: Duthuit C. (1983). Henri Matisse: Catalogue Raisonné de L’Oeuvre Grave Tome II, Paris.
Reference: Duthuit 132
Condition: Very good condition. A minor paper loss at the centre of the lower sheet edge. The sheet with scattered pinpoint foxing. Remnants of hinging along the upper sheet edge, verso.
- Creator:Henri Matisse (1869-1954, French)
- Creation Year:1929
- Dimensions:Height: 14.89 in (37.8 cm)Width: 11.11 in (28.2 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Edition of 15Price: $15,400
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU18014916632
Henri Matisse
Whether working as a draftsman, a sculptor, a printmaker or a painter, Henri Matisse was a master of color. Although classically trained at the Académie Julian, in Paris, he quickly abandoned traditional techniques and genres to pioneer a style all his own, marked by quick, gestural strokes and fluid contours.
Along with fellow painter André Derain, Matisse was the leading proponent of Fauvism, a movement whose name is derived from the French word for "wild beast.” Marked by vibrant hues, Fauvist paintings like Matisse’s famous 1906 composition Le Bonheur de vivre use wild, active brushstrokes and a palette unconstrained by nature, resulting in women with purple skin and trees with orange leaves. Often, these compositions unite pure color with the white of exposed canvas to create a sense of transparency and light.
In addition to masterful landscapes and still lifes, Matisse loved to paint erotic subjects, particularly the female nude. Rejecting strict realism, he distilled the form into its essential parts and then translated these into voluptuous, rounded contours. With its striking colors and sculptural modeling of the figure, Odalisque couchée aux magnolias is among Matisse’s most famous works — and the most expensive work of his ever sold — depicting Henriette Darricarrère, his muse and favorite model for around seven years, lounging luxuriously in his Nice studio. In pictures like the lithograph Nu Bleu, he explored the expressive power of a body in motion by placing his figures in twisted or contorted poses, transforming their limbs into tangles of color and shape that push figure painting toward abstraction.
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