HENRI MATISSE 1869-1954
(Emile Benoît) Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869-1954 Nice
Title: Frontispiece, from: Fifty Drawings| Frontispiece, from: Cinquante Dessins, 1950/51
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching on Chine Appliqué to Arches Paper
Paper size: 30.3 x 21 cm. / 11.9 x 8.3 in.
Image size: 14.3 x 9.5 cm. / 5.6 x 3.7 in.
Additional Information: This original etching is hand signed in black ink by the artist “Henri Matisse” at the lower right margin.
The work is from the edition of 1,000 published alongside 50 reproductions of the artist’s drawings with text in French by Charles Vildrac.
It was printed by Victor Jacquemin, Paris on 18th September 1920 and published by the artist.
The work has been inscribed with the number 761/1000 by another hand in the lower left corner.
Literature: Duthuit, C. (1988). Henri Matisse: Catalogue Raisonné des ouvrages illustrés. Paris: Galerie Maeght Lelong.
Reference: Duthuit Books 2
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet very lightly toned in the margins.
Frame not included.
