MATISSE HENRI, Décoration – fruits, 1953 sculture Conservazione perfetta con piega editoriale

Conservazione perfetta con piega editoriale centrale e margini intonsi

serves as a scenic backdrop and is overlaid on another die-cut with small holes arranged in various ways on the page

Perfect impression printed by the artist on washi paper (handmade mulberry paper) from two Japanese lime matrices in a total of 100 copies

he combines comedic or mysterious scenes with particular techniques such as embossing

MATISSE HENRI, Décoration – fruits, 1953 sculture Conservazione perfetta con piega editorialePerfect impression, off text plate for Dernires uvres de Matisse for Verve 35 36, printed by Fernand Mourlot for the publisher Emmanuel Triade in 1958. Perfect condition with editorial fold and untrimmed margins. Bibliography C. Duthuit, Catalogue raisonn des ouvrages illustrs, n. 139, Paris: Imprimerie Union, 1988