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Henri Matisse
L'Avaleur de sabres (Sword Swallower), plate 13, for Jazz
- Estimate
- $8,000 - 12,000
$10,000
Lot Details
Pochoir in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins,
1947
I. 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (39.4 x 29.8 cm)
S. 25 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (64.8 x 41.9 cm)
S. 25 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (64.8 x 41.9 cm)
a rare unfolded proof without text on the left side, aside from the unfolded edition of 100 and folded edition of 250, printed by Edmond Vairel, published by Tériade, Paris, framed.
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Catalogue Essay
Drawing with Scissors. To cut to the quick in color reminds me of the direct cutting of sculptors. This book was conceived in the same spirit.
The images presented by these lively and violent prints came from crystallizations of memories of the circus, of popular tales or of travel. Henri Matisse writings from Jazz.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, also has a proof copy of this image without text which was given to them by the artist (along with the entire suite of Jazz). The cut-out gouache and paper maquette for this and the other Jazz images are in the Centre Pompidou, Paris and on view in Henri Matisse The Cut-Outs at the Museum of Modern Art from October 12, 2014-February 9, 2015.
The images presented by these lively and violent prints came from crystallizations of memories of the circus, of popular tales or of travel. Henri Matisse writings from Jazz.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, also has a proof copy of this image without text which was given to them by the artist (along with the entire suite of Jazz). The cut-out gouache and paper maquette for this and the other Jazz images are in the Centre Pompidou, Paris and on view in Henri Matisse The Cut-Outs at the Museum of Modern Art from October 12, 2014-February 9, 2015.
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Henri Matisse
French | B. 1869 D. 1954The leading figure of the Fauvist movement at the turn of the 20th century, Henri Matisse is widely regarded as the giant of modern art alongside friend and rival Pablo Picasso. Working as a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor for over five decades, he radically challenged traditional conventions in art by experimenting with vivid colors, flat shapes and distilled line. Rather than modeling or shading to lend volume to his pictures, the French artist employed contrasting areas of unmodulated color. Heavily influenced by the art and visual culture of non-Western cultures, his subjects ranged from nudes, dancers, odalisques, still lifes and interior scenes and later evolved into the graphic semi-abstractions of his cut-outs of his late career.
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