Petite Aurore 1923 HS Dutuit 436 HS

Year1923

Hand SignedSigned By the Artist in Pencil Lower Right 

Condition Good - Mounted onto linen. A few folds and minor damage on margins not affecting the image. Staining on the extreme left of the sheet, on the margin, not affecting the image 

Not Framed 

Story / Additional InfoHenri Matisse (1869-1954). Title: Petite Aurore. Little Aurore. Medium: Original Lithograph, 1923, in black ink, on Chine paper, signed by the artist in pencil lower right. Size: Image: 200 x 135 mms; Sheet size: 290 x 375 mms. Note: In 1922 Matisse, who had made almost no lithographs since 1914, embarked on a series of nudes inspired with an Oriental theme. He had travelled in Arab lands and employed Islamic decor surrounding these. By the end of 1925 he had made almost 50 prints averaging around 10 a year. His depiction of the female figures were described as as “Odalisques”. They are all nude or scantily clothed models often dressed in summer frocks as they sit beside bouquets of flowers or incline on couches. An odalisque (Turkish: odalık ) was a Chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman Sultan. If an odalık was of extraordinary beauty or had exceptional talents in dancing or singing, she would be trained as a possible concubine. If selected, an odalık trained as a court lady would serve the sultan sexually and only after such sexual contact would she change in status, becoming thenceforth one of the consorts of the sultan. There were also 5 Trial Proofs and 10 artists proofs. Reference: Claude Duthuit “Henri Matisse : Catalogue Raisonne de l’oeuvre grave : Number 436The Tate Gallery 1982-84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1986 Printed by : M. Duchâtel, Paris, Published by : The artist . Public Collections: Tate Gallery, London 

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Henri Matisse - France

Art Brokerage: Henri Matisse French Artist: b. 1869-1954. He was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the twentieth century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. Although he was initially labeled a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting. His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.