Rhythm of Color PP 1952 HS

Year1952

Plate SignedHand Signed By Mourlot, Signed By Matisse on Plate 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassFramed With Matting 

Provenance / HistoryThis work bears a plate signature by Matisse and is inscribed "Epreuve Atelier Mourlot" lower left and "Lithographie de H. Matisse" lower right and stamped with the printer's seal on the verso. 

Story / Additional InfoThis is one of two known printer proofs for the well known poster printed in 1952 (edition of 800) by Fernand Mourlot who selected Matisse to represent his 100 year anniversary for his printing company. Matisse selected this work for the posters. It read: Exposition d'affiches de Iimprimerie Mourlot Galerie Kleber Paris 5 decembre 1952 - janvier 1953. 

Certificate of AuthenticityAmerican Fine Art Scottsdale AZ 

LID120561

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.