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Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Mrs. H. Matisse (Madame H. Matisse) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Heliogravure on grand velin Renage filigrane a la marque de l'edi...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Paul Matisse (Paul Matisse) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Heliogravure on grand velin Renage filigrane a la marque de l'editeur pap...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Miss Jacqueline Matisse (Mademoiselle Jacqueline Matisse) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Heliogravure on grand velin Renage filigran...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Miss Jacqueline Matisse (Mademoiselle Jacqueline Matisse) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Heliogravure on grand velin Renage filigran...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: After Ilya Ehrenbourg (D’apres Ilya Ehrenbourg) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Heliogravure on grand velin Renage filigrane a la mar...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Transparent Barricades: Sunrise and Moonrise Year: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Inscription: Signed, dated, and titled by the artist, verso Provenance: Armstrong Gallery, New York, New York Notes: This exquisite acrylic painting by Ian Hornak (1944–2002), titled Transparent Barricades: Sunrise and Moonrise, was executed in 1985. The masterfully conceived composition exemplifies Hornak’s celebrated series of multiple-exposure landscape paintings, a body of work that transformed conventional landscape imagery into complex meditations on memory, perception, and the passage of time. Through the seamless fusion of distinct moments within a single visual field, Hornak creates a dreamlike yet convincing reality in which sunrise and moonrise coexist simultaneously, dissolving traditional boundaries between day and night, observation and recollection. The silhouetted tree forms, luminous celestial light, and brilliantly layered sky are rendered with extraordinary precision, producing an image that is at once visually breathtaking and intellectually engaging. By combining photographic realism with poetic invention, Hornak invites viewers to contemplate the fluid nature of time and experience, presenting multiple realities within a unified composition. Executed during a pivotal period in the artist’s career, the painting demonstrates Hornak’s remarkable ability to synthesize technical mastery, environmental observation, and metaphysical inquiry into a singular and unforgettable vision of the natural world. IAN HORNAK (1944–2002) was an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and pioneering force in Photorealism and Hyperrealism whose extraordinary technical mastery, visionary imagination, and innovative approach to realism established him as one of the most distinctive and original artists of the late twentieth century. Widely recognized as a founding member of both the Photorealist and Hyperrealist movements, Hornak helped redefine the possibilities of contemporary realism by combining photographic precision with symbolism, romanticism, mythology, environmental awareness, art historical references, and metaphysical inquiry, creating a body of work that stands apart within postwar American art for both its visual brilliance and intellectual ambition. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Michigan before establishing his career in New York and East Hampton, Hornak emerged during one of the most transformative periods in modern art and developed a highly individual visual language that transcended conventional artistic categories. While many of his contemporaries focused on strict photographic transcription, urban imagery, or detached observation, Hornak utilized realism as a foundation for exploring profound themes of memory, beauty, mortality, spirituality, environmental fragility, and humanity’s relationship with nature, producing works that operate simultaneously as visual spectacles and philosophical meditations. His artistic vision reflects an awareness of the revolutionary innovations introduced by Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, while simultaneously drawing inspiration from the Hudson River School, particularly Frederic Edwin Church, Martin Johnson Heade, Thomas Cole, and Albert Bierstadt, as well as the spiritual landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich and the botanical precision of Dutch Golden Age masters. Through this extraordinary synthesis of influences, Hornak created a visual language that united scientific observation, photographic realism, romantic grandeur, allegorical symbolism, and philosophical reflection into a form entirely his own. His highest recorded sale was achieved in 2017, when Large Orchid Bouquet (1988) was sold in a private transaction conducted in association with the heir of the Ian Hornak estate to the Van Andel family, co-owners of Amway, for US$165,000 ($219,168.11 USD, calculated for inflation in 2025). Ian Hornak Transparent Barricades: Sunrise and Moonrise, Ian Hornak multiple exposure landscape, Ian Hornak acrylic on canvas, Ian Hornak 1985 painting, Ian Hornak sunrise landscape, Ian Hornak moonrise painting...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: October: The Nature Trail, East Hampton Year: 1973–1994 Medium: Acrylic on panel Size: 41.5 x 54.5 inches (105.41 x 138.43 cm) Condition: Well p...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Marcia’s Meadow, Vermont, Variation #2 Year: 1984 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 50 x 72 inches (127 x 182.88 cm) Condition: Well preserved, c...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Martin Heade’s Window Year: 1980 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 48 x 36 inches (121.92 x 91.44 cm) Condition: Well preserved, consistent with ...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Ghosts at Dawn Year: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on panel with artist’s painted frame Size: 68 x 63 inches (172.72 x 160.02 cm) Condition: Well preserv...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Lilies and Mushrooms with my Parrot Kouka Year: 1986 Medium: Acrylic on panel, with artist painted frame Size: 65.5 x 52.5 inches (166.37 x 133....

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Scarlet and Blue Macaw Year: 1985–1986 Medium: Acrylic on panel, with artist painted frame Size: 58.5 x 42.5 inches (148.59 x 107.95 cm) Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Inscription: Signed, dated, and titled by the artist, verso Provenance: Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, New York; Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York Notes: This exquisite acrylic painting by Ian Hornak (1944–2002), titled Scarlet and Blue Macaw, was executed in 1985–1986. The masterfully conceived composition exemplifies Hornak’s mature synthesis of Hyperrealism, symbolism, illusionism, and art historical reference, presenting a brilliantly rendered scarlet and blue macaw within a meticulously constructed visual environment of extraordinary complexity and sophistication. The dazzling plumage, dramatic architectural enclosure, tropical vegetation, and luminous artist-painted frame are depicted with astonishing clarity and chromatic intensity, transforming a traditional avian subject into a meditation on beauty, captivity, freedom, perception, and the relationship between the natural and constructed worlds. Through his remarkable command of light, texture, color, and spatial illusion, Hornak elevates the bird portrait into a philosophical exploration of observation and existence, demonstrating the intellectual ambition and technical virtuosity that distinguish his finest works. Executed during one of the most celebrated periods of his career, the painting reflects Hornak’s unique ability to unite photographic realism, symbolic meaning, decorative splendor, and painterly refinement within a single, visually sublime composition. The artist-painted frame functions as an integral extension of the imagery, dissolving the boundary between painting and object while reinforcing the immersive and metaphysical qualities of the work. IAN HORNAK (1944–2002) was an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and pioneering force in Photorealism and Hyperrealism whose extraordinary technical mastery, visionary imagination, and innovative approach to realism established him as one of the most distinctive and original artists of the late twentieth century. Widely recognized as a founding member of both the Photorealist and Hyperrealist movements, Hornak helped redefine the possibilities of contemporary realism by combining photographic precision with symbolism, romanticism, mythology, environmental awareness, art historical references, and metaphysical inquiry, creating a body of work that stands apart within postwar American art for both its visual brilliance and intellectual ambition. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Michigan before establishing his career in New York and East Hampton, Hornak emerged during one of the most transformative periods in modern art and developed a highly individual visual language that transcended conventional artistic categories. While many of his contemporaries focused on strict photographic transcription, urban imagery, or detached observation, Hornak utilized realism as a foundation for exploring profound themes of memory, beauty, mortality, spirituality, environmental fragility, and humanity’s relationship with nature, producing works that operate simultaneously as visual spectacles and philosophical meditations. His artistic vision reflects an awareness of the revolutionary innovations introduced by Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, while simultaneously drawing inspiration from the Hudson River School, particularly Frederic Edwin Church, Martin Johnson Heade, Thomas Cole, and Albert Bierstadt, as well as the spiritual landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich and the botanical precision of Dutch Golden Age masters. Through this extraordinary synthesis of influences, Hornak created a visual language that united scientific observation, photographic realism, romantic grandeur, allegorical symbolism, and philosophical reflection into a form entirely his own. His highest recorded sale was achieved in 2017, when Large Orchid Bouquet (1988) was sold in a private transaction conducted in association with the heir of the Ian Hornak estate to the Van Andel family, co-owners of Amway, for US$165,000 ($219,168.11 USD, calculated for inflation in 2025). Ian Hornak Scarlet and Blue Macaw, Ian Hornak macaw painting...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Echo Loses Narcissus Year: 1978 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 36 x 48 inches (91.44 x 121.92 cm) Condition: Well preserved, consistent with a...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: The Song of Zephyrus, Variation #2 Year: 1979 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 71 x 45 inches (180.34 x 114.3 cm) Condition: Well preserved, con...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Volcano #2 Year: 1971 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 52 x 36 inches (132.08 x 91.44 cm) Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and med...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Female Nude: Moonlight (Andy Warhol Superstar, Ultra Violet) Year: 1971 Medium: Acrylic and pen and ink on canvas Size: 60 x 36 inches (152.4 x...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Sorcerer Series: Beast Head, Spider Web Year: 1969 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 72 x 48 inches (182.88 x 121.92 cm) Condition: Well preserve...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Cockatoo Year: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on panel, with artist painted frame Size: 39 x 33 inches (99.06 x 83.82 cm) Condition: Well preserved, consi...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Nocturne I: White Peacock, Black Cockatoo Year: 1990 Medium: Acrylic on panel, with artist painted frame Size: 58 x 48 inches (147.32 x 121.92 c...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Still Life with Lobster, Helicona, and Silver Pitcher Year: 1998 Medium: Oil on panel Canvas Size: 59 x 46 inches (149.86 x 116.84 cm) Condition...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Hannah’s Mirror, Rembrandt’s Three Trees Transformed into the Expulsion from Eden Year: 1981 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 60 x 120 inches (15...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: The Swimming Pool II (La Piscine II) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 42 inches (35.56 x 106.68 cm), with trifold and stitch perforations as issued Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Publisher: Editions de la revue Verve, Paris, under the direction of Teriade, Editeur, Paris Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Catalogue raisonne reference: Duthuit, Claude. Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonne des ouvrages illustres. Editions Claude Duthuit, Paris, 1988, illustration 139 Notes: Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This double issue of VERVE is entirely devoted to the last works of Henri Matisse-1950-1954. These works, rendered in color litbography, were made by the artist, in gouache papers, cut with scissors and glued. They are accompanied by drawings executed during the same period or before. Matisse specially composed the cover of this album. Under his direction were drawn, during the year 1954, the first of these lithographic plates. The work was completed on July 28, 1958 by Mourlot Freres for lithography and by Master Printers Draeger Freres for heliogravures and typography. Additional notes: This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled La Piscine II (The Swimming Pool II), from Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954 (Last Works of Matisse 1950-1954), Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. IX, No. 35-36, originates from the July 28, 1958 issue published by Editions de la revue Verve, Paris, under the direction of Teriade, Editeur, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1958. This visionary composition reflects Matisse’s late mastery of form and color, translating his celebrated cut-out aesthetic into the lithographic medium with remarkable clarity and vibrancy. Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954 (Last Works of Matisse 1950-1954), published as Verve Vol. IX, No. 35-36 on July 28, 1958, represents one of the most important posthumous tributes to Henri Matisse’s final period of artistic production. Conceived and directed by the visionary publisher Teriade, this issue of Verve is entirely dedicated to the works Matisse created between 1950 and 1954, a period defined by his pioneering cut-out technique. Produced in Paris with exceptional technical precision, the publication brings together color lithographs faithfully rendering Matisse’s gouache cut-outs alongside a selection of drawings executed during the same period or earlier. The lithographs were printed by Mourlot Freres, while Draeger Freres oversaw the heliogravures and typography, ensuring the highest level of craftsmanship. The project was initiated under Matisse’s direct supervision in 1954, with the artist guiding the early stages of translation from original cut paper compositions into lithographic form. As part of the broader legacy of Verve, one of the most influential artistic and literary publications of the twentieth century, this issue stands as a monumental record of Matisse’s final innovations, preserving the essence of his late style and affirming his enduring impact on modern art. HENRI MATISSE (1869–1954) was a French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, and printmaker whose revolutionary vision redefined modern art through his daring use of color, line, and form. Celebrated as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Matisse led the Fauvist movement and devoted his life to the pursuit of balance, beauty, and emotional expression in visual art. His early works burst with vibrant hues and liberated brushwork, while his later “cut-out” compositions achieved a poetic simplicity that transformed the relationship between color and space. Deeply influenced by the work of Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat, as well as by the rhythmic patterns of Islamic art, Byzantine mosaics, and Japanese prints, Matisse forged a new visual language that celebrated joy, movement, and serenity. He was part of an extraordinary generation of artists who shaped the evolution of modernism, maintaining lifelong dialogue and friendly rivalry with contemporaries such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Andre Derain, Albert Marquet, and Raoul Dufy—peers who, like him, sought to expand the expressive potential of color and composition. Matisse’s influence extended across generations, inspiring modern and contemporary masters including Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, each of whom drew upon his fearless experimentation and refined visual harmony. His paintings, sculptures, and works on paper are held in the most prestigious museums in the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou, the Tate, and the Hermitage Museum, where his art continues to symbolize the essence of creativity and human emotion. The highest price ever paid for a Henri Matisse artwork is approximately $80.8 million USD, achieved in 2018 at Christie’s New York for Odalisque couchee aux magnolias (1923). Henri Matisse La Piscine...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: The Swimming Pool I (La Piscine I) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 42 inches (35.56 x 106.68 cm), with trifold and stitch perforations as issued Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Publisher: Editions de la revue Verve, Paris, under the direction of Teriade, Editeur, Paris Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Catalogue raisonne reference: Duthuit, Claude. Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonne des ouvrages illustres. Editions Claude Duthuit, Paris, 1988, illustration 139 Notes: Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This double issue of VERVE is entirely devoted to the last works of Henri Matisse-1950-1954. These works, rendered in color litbography, were made by the artist, in gouache papers, cut with scissors and glued. They are accompanied by drawings executed during the same period or before. Matisse specially composed the cover of this album. Under his direction were drawn, during the year 1954, the first of these lithographic plates. The work was completed on July 28, 1958 by Mourlot Freres for lithography and by Master Printers Draeger Freres for heliogravures and typography. Additional notes: This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled La Piscine I (The Swimming Pool I), from Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954 (Last Works of Matisse 1950-1954), Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. IX, No. 35-36, originates from the July 28, 1958 issue published by Editions de la revue Verve, Paris, under the direction of Teriade, Editeur, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1958. This visionary composition reflects Matisse’s late mastery of form and color, translating his celebrated cut-out aesthetic into the lithographic medium with remarkable clarity and vibrancy. Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954 (Last Works of Matisse 1950-1954), published as Verve Vol. IX, No. 35-36 on July 28, 1958, represents one of the most important posthumous tributes to Henri Matisse’s final period of artistic production. Conceived and directed by the visionary publisher Teriade, this issue of Verve is entirely dedicated to the works Matisse created between 1950 and 1954, a period defined by his pioneering cut-out technique. Produced in Paris with exceptional technical precision, the publication brings together color lithographs faithfully rendering Matisse’s gouache cut-outs alongside a selection of drawings executed during the same period or earlier. The lithographs were printed by Mourlot Freres, while Draeger Freres oversaw the heliogravures and typography, ensuring the highest level of craftsmanship. The project was initiated under Matisse’s direct supervision in 1954, with the artist guiding the early stages of translation from original cut paper compositions into lithographic form. As part of the broader legacy of Verve, one of the most influential artistic and literary publications of the twentieth century, this issue stands as a monumental record of Matisse’s final innovations, preserving the essence of his late style and affirming his enduring impact on modern art. HENRI MATISSE (1869–1954) was a French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, and printmaker whose revolutionary vision redefined modern art through his daring use of color, line, and form. Celebrated as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Matisse led the Fauvist movement and devoted his life to the pursuit of balance, beauty, and emotional expression in visual art. His early works burst with vibrant hues and liberated brushwork, while his later “cut-out” compositions achieved a poetic simplicity that transformed the relationship between color and space. Deeply influenced by the work of Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat, as well as by the rhythmic patterns of Islamic art, Byzantine mosaics, and Japanese prints, Matisse forged a new visual language that celebrated joy, movement, and serenity. He was part of an extraordinary generation of artists who shaped the evolution of modernism, maintaining lifelong dialogue and friendly rivalry with contemporaries such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Andre Derain, Albert Marquet, and Raoul Dufy—peers who, like him, sought to expand the expressive potential of color and composition. Matisse’s influence extended across generations, inspiring modern and contemporary masters including Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, each of whom drew upon his fearless experimentation and refined visual harmony. His paintings, sculptures, and works on paper are held in the most prestigious museums in the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou, the Tate, and the Hermitage Museum, where his art continues to symbolize the essence of creativity and human emotion. The highest price ever paid for a Henri Matisse artwork is approximately $80.8 million USD, achieved in 2018 at Christie’s New York for Odalisque couchee aux magnolias (1923). Henri Matisse La Piscine...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Decoration, Masks (Decoration, Masques) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 31.5 inches ...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Decoration (Decoration) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 31.5 inches (35.56 x 80.01 c...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: The Parakeet and the Mermaid (La Perruche et la Sirene) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 1...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Women and Monkeys (Femmes et Singes) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 21 inches (35.5...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: The Sadness of the King (Tristesse du Roi) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 21 inches...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: The Black Woman (La Negresse) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 21 inches (35.56 x 53....

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Apollo (Apollon) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 21 inches (35.56 x 53.34 cm), with ...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Acanthus Leaves (Acanthes) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 21 inches (35.56 x 53.34 ...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: The Sheaf (La Gerbe) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 21 inches (35.56 x 53.34 cm), w...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Bather in the Reeds (Baigneuse dans les Roseaux) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 21 ...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Boat (Bateau) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm) Conditi...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Acrobats (Acrobates) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm) ...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude XII (Nu Bleu XII) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26....

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude XI (Nu Bleu XI) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude X (Nu Bleu X) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 c...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude IX (Nu Bleu XI) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude VIII (Nu Bleu VIII) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 2...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude VII (Nu Bleu VII) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26....

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude VI (Nu Bleu VI) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude V (Nu Bleu V) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 c...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude IV (Nu Bleu IV) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude III (Nu Bleu III) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26....

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude II (Nu Bleu II) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Blue Nude I (Nu Bleu I) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 c...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: The Snail (L'Escargot) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Memory of the Ocean (Souvenir D'Oceanie) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Flowering Ivy (Lierre en Fleur) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Ivy (Lierre) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm) Conditio...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Rose Window (Rosace) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm) ...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Vine (Vigne) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm) Conditio...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Chinese Fish (Poissons Chinois) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Christmas Night (Nuit de Noel) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm) Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Publisher: Editions de la revue Verve, Paris, under the direction of Teriade, Editeur, Paris Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Catalogue raisonne reference: Duthuit, Claude. Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonne des ouvrages illustres. Editions Claude Duthuit, Paris, 1988, illustration 139 Notes: Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This double issue of VERVE is entirely devoted to the last works of Henri Matisse-1950-1954. These works, rendered in color litbography, were made by the artist, in gouache papers, cut with scissors and glued. They are accompanied by drawings executed during the same period or before. Matisse specially composed the cover of this album. Under his direction were drawn, during the year 1954, the first of these lithographic plates. The work was completed on July 28, 1958 by Mourlot Freres for lithography and by Master Printers Draeger Freres for heliogravures and typography. Additional notes: This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Nuit de Noel (Christmas Night), from Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954 (Last Works of Matisse 1950-1954), Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. IX, No. 35-36, originates from the July 28, 1958 issue published by Editions de la revue Verve, Paris, under the direction of Teriade, Editeur, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1958. This visionary composition reflects Matisse’s late mastery of form and color, translating his celebrated cut-out aesthetic into the lithographic medium with remarkable clarity and vibrancy. Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954 (Last Works of Matisse 1950-1954), published as Verve Vol. IX, No. 35-36 on July 28, 1958, represents one of the most important posthumous tributes to Henri Matisse’s final period of artistic production. Conceived and directed by the visionary publisher Teriade, this issue of Verve is entirely dedicated to the works Matisse created between 1950 and 1954, a period defined by his pioneering cut-out technique. Produced in Paris with exceptional technical precision, the publication brings together color lithographs faithfully rendering Matisse’s gouache cut-outs alongside a selection of drawings executed during the same period or earlier. The lithographs were printed by Mourlot Freres, while Draeger Freres oversaw the heliogravures and typography, ensuring the highest level of craftsmanship. The project was initiated under Matisse’s direct supervision in 1954, with the artist guiding the early stages of translation from original cut paper compositions into lithographic form. As part of the broader legacy of Verve, one of the most influential artistic and literary publications of the twentieth century, this issue stands as a monumental record of Matisse’s final innovations, preserving the essence of his late style and affirming his enduring impact on modern art. HENRI MATISSE (1869–1954) was a French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, and printmaker whose revolutionary vision redefined modern art through his daring use of color, line, and form. Celebrated as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Matisse led the Fauvist movement and devoted his life to the pursuit of balance, beauty, and emotional expression in visual art. His early works burst with vibrant hues and liberated brushwork, while his later “cut-out” compositions achieved a poetic simplicity that transformed the relationship between color and space. Deeply influenced by the work of Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat, as well as by the rhythmic patterns of Islamic art, Byzantine mosaics, and Japanese prints, Matisse forged a new visual language that celebrated joy, movement, and serenity. He was part of an extraordinary generation of artists who shaped the evolution of modernism, maintaining lifelong dialogue and friendly rivalry with contemporaries such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Andre Derain, Albert Marquet, and Raoul Dufy—peers who, like him, sought to expand the expressive potential of color and composition. Matisse’s influence extended across generations, inspiring modern and contemporary masters including Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, each of whom drew upon his fearless experimentation and refined visual harmony. His paintings, sculptures, and works on paper are held in the most prestigious museums in the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou, the Tate, and the Hermitage Museum, where his art continues to symbolize the essence of creativity and human emotion. The highest price ever paid for a Henri Matisse artwork is approximately $80.8 million USD, achieved in 2018 at Christie’s New York for Odalisque couchee aux magnolias (1923). Henri Matisse Nuit de Noel...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Snow Flowers (Fleurs de Neige) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x ...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Vegetation (Vegetaux) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm)...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Zulma (Zulma) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm) Conditi...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Creole Dancer (Creole Dancer) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm) Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued Publisher: Editions de la revue Verve, Paris, under the direction of Teriade, Editeur, Paris Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Catalogue raisonne reference: Duthuit, Claude. Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonne des ouvrages illustres. Editions Claude Duthuit, Paris, 1988, illustration 139 Notes: Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This double issue of VERVE is entirely devoted to the last works of Henri Matisse-1950-1954. These works, rendered in color litbography, were made by the artist, in gouache papers, cut with scissors and glued. They are accompanied by drawings executed during the same period or before. Matisse specially composed the cover of this album. Under his direction were drawn, during the year 1954, the first of these lithographic plates. The work was completed on July 28, 1958 by Mourlot Freres for lithography and by Master Printers Draeger Freres for heliogravures and typography. Additional notes: This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Danseuse Creole (Creole Dancer), from Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954 (Last Works of Matisse 1950-1954), Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. IX, No. 35-36, originates from the July 28, 1958 issue published by Editions de la revue Verve, Paris, under the direction of Teriade, Editeur, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1958. This visionary composition reflects Matisse’s late mastery of form and color, translating his celebrated cut-out aesthetic into the lithographic medium with remarkable clarity and vibrancy. Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954 (Last Works of Matisse 1950-1954), published as Verve Vol. IX, No. 35-36 on July 28, 1958, represents one of the most important posthumous tributes to Henri Matisse’s final period of artistic production. Conceived and directed by the visionary publisher Teriade, this issue of Verve is entirely dedicated to the works Matisse created between 1950 and 1954, a period defined by his pioneering cut-out technique. Produced in Paris with exceptional technical precision, the publication brings together color lithographs faithfully rendering Matisse’s gouache cut-outs alongside a selection of drawings executed during the same period or earlier. The lithographs were printed by Mourlot Freres, while Draeger Freres oversaw the heliogravures and typography, ensuring the highest level of craftsmanship. The project was initiated under Matisse’s direct supervision in 1954, with the artist guiding the early stages of translation from original cut paper compositions into lithographic form. As part of the broader legacy of Verve, one of the most influential artistic and literary publications of the twentieth century, this issue stands as a monumental record of Matisse’s final innovations, preserving the essence of his late style and affirming his enduring impact on modern art. HENRI MATISSE (1869–1954) was a French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, and printmaker whose revolutionary vision redefined modern art through his daring use of color, line, and form. Celebrated as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Matisse led the Fauvist movement and devoted his life to the pursuit of balance, beauty, and emotional expression in visual art. His early works burst with vibrant hues and liberated brushwork, while his later “cut-out” compositions achieved a poetic simplicity that transformed the relationship between color and space. Deeply influenced by the work of Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat, as well as by the rhythmic patterns of Islamic art, Byzantine mosaics, and Japanese prints, Matisse forged a new visual language that celebrated joy, movement, and serenity. He was part of an extraordinary generation of artists who shaped the evolution of modernism, maintaining lifelong dialogue and friendly rivalry with contemporaries such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Andre Derain, Albert Marquet, and Raoul Dufy—peers who, like him, sought to expand the expressive potential of color and composition. Matisse’s influence extended across generations, inspiring modern and contemporary masters including Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, each of whom drew upon his fearless experimentation and refined visual harmony. His paintings, sculptures, and works on paper are held in the most prestigious museums in the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou, the Tate, and the Hermitage Museum, where his art continues to symbolize the essence of creativity and human emotion. The highest price ever paid for a Henri Matisse artwork is approximately $80.8 million USD, achieved in 2018 at Christie’s New York for Odalisque couchee aux magnolias (1923). Henri Matisse Danseuse...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Nude with Oranges (Nu aux Oranges) Year: July 28, 1958 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.5...