Henri MATISSE, Original lithograph, 1945
Lithograph print, 1945
Extremely rare, a copy of this historical document is kept at the Matisse Museum in Nice.
"This drawing pleases me" is a famous work by Henri Matisse. Created in 1945, this illustration with its clean lines served as the official invitation card for the inaugural exhibition of the prestigious Galerie Maeght in Paris.
The face depicted with fluid lines is that of Marguerite Maeght, who was then one of the artist's favorite models.
Very fine handwritten printed signature of the artist at the bottom right of the sketch.
Printed by the Union printing house, Paris.
Printed at the end of the Second World War, the biggest challenge of the time for Aimé Maeght (then a young lithographer) was not to obtain Matisse's agreement, but to succeed in finding quality paper in a Paris still suffering from serious shortages.
Oxidation spots due to age (more than 80 years), visible on the white margins.
This is the original document, and not the later reprint, on which the printing vat mark, perfectly visible on the original, did not appear.
Dimensions 14 x 10.5 cm (folded document)
28 x 10.5 cm open document.
Dimensions :
- Height : 14 cm
- Width : 10,5 cm
Henri Matisse :
(1869-1954) is a french painter, draftsman, engraver and scuptor born in Cateau-Cambrésis in 1869. He was the leading member of fauvism. He started to become interested in impressionist painting which he discovered in 1897 at The musée du Luxembourg (Luxemboug Museum). Since 1900, Matisse worked at The Grande Chaumière Academy under the direction of Antoine Bourdelle and visited Eugène Carrière' workshop. He met André Derain and Jean Puy. He exhibited at The Salon des Indépendants (1901) and participated to the first edition of The Salon d'automne (1903). He exhibited in 1904 at Ambroise Vollard and participated to The Salon des Indépendants the following year. During the summer 1905, he stayed in Collioure with Derain. At The Salon d'Automne of 1905, the display of his works with paintings by Albert Marquet, Vlaminck, Derain and Kees van Dongen caused scandal because of the pure and violent colors applied in solid areas on their canvas. The critic Louis Vauxcelles compares the place to a « cage aux fauves » (wild animals' cage) which coined the movement as "fauvism". The artist made several great exhibitions through the world : Moscow, Berlin, Munich, London or New York... In 1952 the Matisse Museum in Cateau-Cambrésis was inaugurated. The artist died two years later in Nice.
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