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Henri Matisse

Editions
21.11.2010
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20.000 $ - 30.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
43.750 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 42

Henri Matisse

Editions
21.11.2010
Schätzpreis
20.000 $ - 30.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
43.750 $
Beschreibung:

PROPERTY OF DREIER LLP Henri Matisse Grand masque 1948 Aquatint, on Marais paper, with full margins (deckle on all sides), I. 17 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (43.5 x 34.9 cm); S. 26 1/8 x 20 in. (66.4 x 50.8 cm) signed and numbered 25/25 in pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), pale mat staining, otherwise in very good condition, framed.
Literature Claude Duthuit 800 Catalogue Essay Nadia was introduced to Matisse in 1948 by his son-in-law, Georges Duthuit, who met her at an embassy reception in Paris and on seeing Nadia thought that she would be an interesting model for Matisse. She did not want to pose for Matisse initially, but he convinced her. Matisse generated several works of Nadia, some in ink, some in charcoal, some etchings and other media, all were monochromatic. In most of the works, she could not see herself in them and that pleased Matisse. He was drawing something else. Nadia said she and Matisse had two important aspects to their friendship—great quality in conversations as well as in their silences. She was happy to have met him toward the end of his life “when he was making honey.” His printmaking culminates with a series of brush aquatints that begin in 1947 and continue to 1950-51, a few years before his death in 1954. In this series, facial features are conveyed with just a few strokes of a broad brush against the ever-present white of the paper. Each face is carefully composed within a space determined by the sheet of paper. A model, Nadia—sometimes with a frown or a smile, serious or distant—can be viewed in profile or head on. Such images, joined by cut-paper works, covered the walls of Matisse’s apartment in Nice, populating his living space with a flowering of art— the culmination of a lifetime of observation and realization. (Jay Fisher, Senior Curator of Print, Drawings, and Photographs, The Baltimore Museum of Art) Read More Artist Bio Henri Matisse French • 1869 - 1954 Hugely influential, Henri Matisse was, along with his friend and rival Pablo Picasso one of the artistic giants of the Modern era. Known for his lyrical, expressive line and bold coloration, Matisse worked in painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture. Originally a member of the Fauvism movement of the start of the twentieth century, the next half-century found Matisse forging his own style characterized by spontaneous and deceptively simple draftsmanship and inventive vibrant color. His subjects included portraits, nudes, still life, landscape and interior scenes. This evolved into the graphic and beautifully colored cut-outs of his late career. View More Works

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 42
Auktion:
Datum:
21.11.2010
Auktionshaus:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

PROPERTY OF DREIER LLP Henri Matisse Grand masque 1948 Aquatint, on Marais paper, with full margins (deckle on all sides), I. 17 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (43.5 x 34.9 cm); S. 26 1/8 x 20 in. (66.4 x 50.8 cm) signed and numbered 25/25 in pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), pale mat staining, otherwise in very good condition, framed.
Literature Claude Duthuit 800 Catalogue Essay Nadia was introduced to Matisse in 1948 by his son-in-law, Georges Duthuit, who met her at an embassy reception in Paris and on seeing Nadia thought that she would be an interesting model for Matisse. She did not want to pose for Matisse initially, but he convinced her. Matisse generated several works of Nadia, some in ink, some in charcoal, some etchings and other media, all were monochromatic. In most of the works, she could not see herself in them and that pleased Matisse. He was drawing something else. Nadia said she and Matisse had two important aspects to their friendship—great quality in conversations as well as in their silences. She was happy to have met him toward the end of his life “when he was making honey.” His printmaking culminates with a series of brush aquatints that begin in 1947 and continue to 1950-51, a few years before his death in 1954. In this series, facial features are conveyed with just a few strokes of a broad brush against the ever-present white of the paper. Each face is carefully composed within a space determined by the sheet of paper. A model, Nadia—sometimes with a frown or a smile, serious or distant—can be viewed in profile or head on. Such images, joined by cut-paper works, covered the walls of Matisse’s apartment in Nice, populating his living space with a flowering of art— the culmination of a lifetime of observation and realization. (Jay Fisher, Senior Curator of Print, Drawings, and Photographs, The Baltimore Museum of Art) Read More Artist Bio Henri Matisse French • 1869 - 1954 Hugely influential, Henri Matisse was, along with his friend and rival Pablo Picasso one of the artistic giants of the Modern era. Known for his lyrical, expressive line and bold coloration, Matisse worked in painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture. Originally a member of the Fauvism movement of the start of the twentieth century, the next half-century found Matisse forging his own style characterized by spontaneous and deceptively simple draftsmanship and inventive vibrant color. His subjects included portraits, nudes, still life, landscape and interior scenes. This evolved into the graphic and beautifully colored cut-outs of his late career. View More Works

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 42
Auktion:
Datum:
21.11.2010
Auktionshaus:
Phillips
New York
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