Henri Matisse

Creativity takes courage Henri Matisse

What I dream of, wrote Matisse, is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or disturbing subject matter.

Henri

Matisse 'Widely recognised as one of the greatest and most diverse printmakers of the 20th century'

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was involved with printmaking for more than ďŹ fty years. For Matisse printmaking was a personal process, an extension of drawing, and a means of unwinding after long and intense periods of painting. The intimate nature of Matisse's printmaking is evident in his choice of subjects, which were mostly portraits of friends, family, and fellow artists, as well as images of female ďŹ gures and nudes.

Matisse's prints were often executed on a small scale with linear uidity, giving them a sense of immediacy and spontaneity, like pages in a sketchbook. From 1900 until his death in 1954 he completed more than eight hundred etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, linocuts, and monotypes. He is widely recognised as one of the greatest and most diverse printmakers of the 20th century.

The Last Works

1. Danseuse Créole 32 x 21.5 cm, signed in plate,

3. Femmes et Singes

36 x 53 cm,

£500 * +

2. La Négresse

33 x 43.5 cm,

£400 *

£750

4. La Gerbe

33.5 x 39.5 cm, signed in plate,

Original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse's cut-outs.

Printed in Paris by the great French atelier Mourlot Frères. * a few prints have vertical folds as issued + indicates print has minute pin holes on centre fold

£550 *

The Last Works

5. Nu Bleu VIII 32.5 x 26.5 cm, £500

6. Nu Bleu XI 35.5 x 26.5 cm, signed in plate,

7. Nu Bleu VII 34 x 20 cm, signed in plate,

8. Nu Bleu I £250

35.5 x 26.5 cm,

£450

£950

The Last Works

9. L'Escargot 24 x 24 cm, signed in plate,

£750

10. Souvenir d'Océanie 24 x 24 cm, signed in plate, £500

£650

23.5 x 24 cm,

11. Lierre en Fleur 24 x 24 cm, signed in plate,

12. Lierre £350

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The Last Works

13. Fleurs de Neige 32 x 15 cm, signed in plate,

16. Vigne 32.5 x 11.5 cm,

£650

15. Poissons Chinois

14. Nuit de Noël 33 x 14 cm, £650

32 x 15 cm, signed in plate,

17. Végétaux £350

32 x 15 cm, signed in plate,

£400

18. Zulma £750

32 x 16.5 cm, signed in plate,

£850

The Last Works

19. Nu Bleu III 35.5 x 26.5 cm, signed in plate,

£950

20. Nu Bleu II 35 x 26.5 cm, £450

22. Nu aux Oranges 36 x 26 cm, signed in plate,

£750

21. Nu Bleu X 35.5 x 26.5 cm, signed in plate,

£450

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The Last Works

23. Nu Bleu V 35.5 x 26.5 cm, £450

24. Nu Bleu VI 35.5 x 26.5 cm, signed in plate,

25. Nu Bleu IX 35.5 x 26.5 cm, signed in plate,

£950

26. Nu Bleu XII £950

35.5 x 26.5 cm, signed in plate,

£950

The Last Works

27. La Piscine - Panel B

35.5 x 103 cm,

£650 *

28. La Piscine - Panel A

35.5 x 103 cm,

£500 *

Original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse's cut-outs.

Printed in Paris by the great French atelier Mourlot Frères. * a few prints have vertical folds as issued + indicates print has minute pin holes on centre fold

The Last Works

29. Nu Bleu IV

30. La Perruche et la Sirène

26 x 23.5 cm, signed in plate,

36 x 77.5 cm,

£750 *

£450

31. Acrobates 25 x 24.5 cm, £450

32. Bateau 35.5 x 26.5 cm,

£450

The Last Works

33. Tristesse du Roi

35. Apollon

32 x 44 cm, signed in plate,

33.5 x 44 cm, signed in plate,

£950 * +

£500 * +

34. Baigneuse dans les Roseaux

36. Acanthes

31 x 35 cm,

35.5 x 44 cm,

£495 * +

£450 *

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The Last Works

37. Coquelicots

38. Décoration - Fruits

39. Décoration - Masques

36 x 53 cm,

£500 * +

33.5 x 78 cm, signed in plate,

32.5 x 95 cm, signed in plate,

£400 * +

£650 * +

Matisse proofing lithographs with Mourlot

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

41.

22.5 x 23.5 cm,

£1250

40.

28 x 23 cm,

£1950

Lithographs published in 1948 in an edition of 320.

Printed in Paris by the renowned atelier Mourlot Frères. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the justification page signed by Matisse.

42.

21.5 x 23.5 cm,

£1250

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

43.

44.

17.5 x 21 cm,

£950

45 23.5 x 19.5 cm,

£950

20.5 x 16 cm,

£1450

46.

22 x 19.5 cm,

£1250

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

47.

48.

27.5 x 26 cm,

£1750

49.

22.5 x 25 cm,

32 x 26.5 cm,

£1450

50. £550

22.5 x 24 cm,

£650

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard

51.

10 x 15.5 cm,

£250

52.

11.5 x 15 cm,

£250

Lithographs published in 1948 in an edition of 320.

Printed in Paris by the renowned atelier Mourlot Frères. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the justification page signed by Matisse.

53. initialled in pencil, 38 x 28 cm,

£4500

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Visages

54. Fil d’Encre 35.5 x 26.5 cm, £2250

55. Une Seule Vague 33 x 25 cm, £1950

The lithographs for the Visages suite were produced

by Matisse during 1944/45 and printed by Mourlot Frères of Paris in 1946. The edition size was 250. A copy of the justification page will accompany each print.

56. Enfin 33 x 25 cm,

£1950

57. Lumère Rousse 33 x 25 cm, £1950

Dessins

58.

59.

signed in plate, 25 x 33 cm,

£495

60. signed in plate, 25 x 33 cm,

signed in plate, 25 x 33 cm,

£495

61. £495

signed in plate, 25 x 33 cm,

£495

Edition of 950 (now scarce), published in Paris by Martin Fabiani in 1943.

All prints are signed and dated in the plate.

A copy of the numbered justification page will accompany each print.

Dessins

62. signed in plate, 33 x 25 cm,

£495

65. signed in plate, 33 x 25 cm,

63. signed in plate, 33 x 25 cm,

64. £495

signed in plate, 33 x 25 cm,

£495

67.

66. £495

signed in plate, 33 x 25 cm,

£495

signed in plate, 33 x 25 cm,

£495

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Poèmes - Charles d'Orléans

69.

68.

41 x 52 cm,

70.

41 x 52 cm,

£375 *

41 x 26 cm,

£250

71. £375 *

41 x 52 cm,

£375 *

The suite was published in 1950 in an edition of 1200 with 30 Hors Commerce sets.

The lithographs were made by Mourlot Frères in Paris, under the direction of Matisse.

A copy of the justification page, signed by Matisse, will accompany each print.

Poèmes - Charles d'Orléans

72.

41 x 26 cm,

73. £250

75.

41x 26 cm,

41 x 26 cm,

£250

41x 26 cm,

41 x 26 cm,

£250

77.

76. £1500

74.

£1250

41x 26 cm,

£1750

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Jazz & Circus

39 x 60 cm,

78. L'Enterrement de Pierrot £750 *

79. Le Lanceur de Couteaux 39 x 60 cm, £750 *

80. Le Lagoon III 39 x 60 cm, £600 *

81. Le Cirque 39 x 60 cm, £750 *

These images were originally published in 1947 in an edition of only 370, hand-coloured using the pochoir process. In 2004 they were brilliantly reinterpreted by

Idem-Mourlot, the great Parisian lithographers. The intensity of colour is stunning. The lithographs offered here are from the 2004 edition of 1500.

* some prints have a vertical centre fold as issued

Jazz & Circus

82. Le Destin 39 x 60 cm, £500 *

83. Le Cheval, I'Écuyère et le Clown 39 x 60 cm, £750 *

84. Les Codomas £750 *

39 x 60 cm,

39 x 60 cm,

85. Le Lagoon II £600 *

Jazz & Circus

87. Le Cauchemar de I'Eléphant Blanc £750 *

86. Le Coeur 39 x 60 cm, £500 *

39 x 60 cm,

88. Le Loup 39 x 60 cm, £600 *

39 x 60 cm,

89. Forms £500 *

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Jazz & Circus

90. Le Clown 39 x 30 cm, £750

92. Monsieur Loyal 39 x 30 cm, £400

91. Le Tobogan £500

39 x 30 cm,

93. Icare 39 x 30 cm,

£850

Jazz & Circus

94. La Nageur dans I'Aquarium 39 x 60 cm, £650 *

95. Le Cowboy £750 *

39 x 60 cm,

97. Le Lagoon I 39 x 60 cm, £600 * 96. I'Avaleur de Sabres 39 x 30 cm, £400

Repli

99.

98.

16 x 10 cm,

£950

16 x 10 cm,

£450

These lithographs were printed in 1947 by Mourlot Frères in Paris on handmade paper. The edition size is 370.

A justification page signed

by Matisse will accompany each print.

101.

100.

19 x 12 cm,

£450

16 x 9 cm,

£950

Ulysses

102.

27 x 21 cm,

103. ÂŁ950

27 x 21 cm,

ÂŁ950

Etchings published in 1935 in an edition of 1500 for the American Limited Editions Club.

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104. Untitled linocut, 1938, signed in plate, 29 x 22 cm,

105. Femme au Chapeau £850

106. The Dancer (School Print) lithograph, 1949, signed in plate, 49.5 x 76 cm,

£895

lithograph, 1939, signed in plate, 34 x 24.5 cm,

£750

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

Henri Matisse

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