Lithograph, 1948
From the Ronsard Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 320
Paper size: 28 × 25cm
£1950 Framed
Original lithograph in sanguine ink. A very rare suite printed by Mourlot Frères in Paris on pure rag tinted wove Papeteries d’Arches paper in an edition of 320 sets only, of which 300 were for sale. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the justification page signed by Matisse.

Lithograph, 1948
From the Ronsard Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 320
Paper size: 28 × 38cm
£2450 Framed
Original lithograph in sanguine ink. A very rare suite printed by Mourlot Frères in Paris on pure rag tinted wove Papeteries d’Arches paper in an edition of 320 sets only, of which 300 were for sale. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the justification page signed by Matisse.

Lithograph, 1948
From the Ronsard Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 320
Paper size: 26 × 22cm
£2250 Framed
Original lithograph in sanguine ink. A very rare suite printed by Mourlot Frères in Paris on pure rag tinted wove Papeteries d’Arches paper in an edition of 320 sets only, of which 300 were for sale. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the justification page signed by Matisse.

Lithograph, 1948
From the Ronsard Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 320
Paper size: 24 × 26cm
£2450 Framed
Original lithograph in sanguine ink. A very rare suite printed by Mourlot Frères in Paris on pure rag tinted wove Papeteries d’Arches paper in an edition of 320 sets only, of which 300 were for sale. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the justification page signed by Matisse.

Lithograph, 1948
From the Ronsard Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 320
Paper size: 28 × 25.5cm
£2250 Framed
Original lithograph in sanguine ink. A very rare suite printed by Mourlot Frères in Paris on pure rag tinted wove Papeteries d’Arches paper in an edition of 320 sets only, of which 300 were for sale. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the justification page signed by Matisse.

Lithograph, 1948
From the Ronsard Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 320
Paper size: 28 × 17cm
£1450 Framed
Original lithograph in sanguine ink. A very rare suite printed by Mourlot Frères in Paris on pure rag tinted wove Papeteries d’Arches paper in an edition of 320 sets only, of which 300 were for sale. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the justification page signed by Matisse.

Lithograph, 1948
From the Ronsard Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 320
Paper size: 10.8 × 8.5cm
£650 Framed
Original lithograph in sanguine ink. A very rare suite printed by Mourlot Frères in Paris on pure rag tinted wove Papeteries d’Arches paper in an edition of 320 sets only, of which 300 were for sale. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the justification page signed by Matisse.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 95 × 32.5cm
£950 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.
Centre fold as issued.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 15 × 32cm
£750 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 11.5 × 32.5cm
£500 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 15 × 32cm
£SOLD
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 14 × 33cm
£SOLD
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 15 × 32cm
£950 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 21.5 × 32cm
£1250 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 35 × 31cm
£950 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters. Centre fold as issued.

Linocut, 1938
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 22.7 × 30.3cm
£950 Framed
Original linocut from 1938 published in 1959, initialled in the plate.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 24 × 24cm
£950 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 24 × 24cm
£950 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Design for a wall ceramic
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 39.5 × 33.5cm
£SOLD
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 103 × 35.5cm
£950 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.
Centre fold as issued.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 103 × 35.5cm
£1250 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.
Centre fold as issued.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 77.5 × 36cm
£1250 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.
Centre fold as issued.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 26.5 × 35.5cm
£550 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 44 × 35.5cm
£600 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint.In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris.These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters. Centre fold as issued.

Lithograph, 1949
From the Suite The School Prints
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 76 × 49.5cm
£1190 Framed
From The School Prints series. A set of 24 lithographs produced in the 1940’s with the intention of bringing contemporary art to young children. Printed in England at the Baynard Press.

Lithograph, 1954
From the Suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 44 × 32cm
£SOLD
Original lithograph from the 1954 edition after Matisse's cut-outs, printed in Paris by the great french atelier
Mourlot Frères. Centre-fold as issued.

Lithograph, 1953
Original Exhibition Poster
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 51 × 75cm
£1950 Framed
Rare signed in the plate lithographic poster created for an exhibition at Tate Gallery, London 1953. Printed by Mourlot, Paris.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 26 × 36cm
£1250 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1943
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 26.5 × 35.5cm
£2250 Framed

Lithograph, 1980
Original Exhibition Poster
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 52 × 75cm
£1250 Framed
Rare signed in the plate lithographic poster printed by Mourlot, Paris.

Lithograph, 1952
Original Exhibition Poster
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 40 × 60cm
£SOLD

Etching, 1935
From the Ulysses Suite
Unsigned
Paper size: 21 × 27.4cm
£950 Framed
Henri Matisse's 1935 Ulysses is a series six of etchings that were commissioned by publisher George Macey for the illustrated edition of "Ulysses," James Joyce's modern adaptation of Homer's "Odyssey." Drawing from scenes in Joyce's source material, "Odyssey," Matisse reinterprets the epic poem's events into modernist line drawings that complement Joyce's modernist take on the poem

Collotype, 1920
From the suite Cinquante Dessins par Henri Matisse
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 24 × 16.3cm
£650 Framed
Signed in the plate collotype after Henri Matisse etchings, from the suite Cinquate Dessins par Henri Matisse. Printed in an edition of 1000, by Victor Jacquemin master etcher and printer. Matisse himself edited and printed this exquisite suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women to accompany a 1920 exhibition of his work.

Collotype, 1920
From the suite Cinquante Dessins par Henri Matisse
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 17 × 22.5cm
£750 Framed
Signed in the plate collotype after Henri Matisse etchings, from the suite Cinquate Dessins par Henri Matisse. Printed in an edition of 1000, by Victor Jacquemin master etcher and printer. Matisse himself edited and printed this exquisite suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women to accompany a 1920 exhibition of his work.

Collotype, 1920
From the suite Cinquante Dessins par Henri Matisse
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 16 × 24.5cm
£650 Framed
Signed in the plate collotype after Henri Matisse etchings, from the suite Cinquate Dessins par Henri Matisse. Printed in an edition of 1000, by Victor Jacquemin master etcher and printer. Matisse himself edited and printed this exquisite suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women to accompany a 1920 exhibition of his work.

Collotype, 1920
From the suite Cinquante Dessins par Henri Matisse
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 24 × 16.5cm
£695 Framed
Signed in the plate collotype after Henri Matisse etchings, from the suite Cinquate Dessins par Henri Matisse. Printed in an edition of 1000, by Victor Jacquemin master etcher and printer. Matisse himself edited and printed this exquisite suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women to accompany a 1920 exhibition of his work.

Collotype, 1920
From the suite Cinquante Dessins par Henri Matisse
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 17 × 25cm
£750 Framed
Signed in the plate collotype after Henri Matisse etchings, from the suite Cinquate Dessins par Henri Matisse. Printed in an edition of 1000, by Victor Jacquemin master etcher and printer. Matisse himself edited and printed this exquisite suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women to accompany a 1920 exhibition of his work.

Collotype, 1920
From the suite Cinquante Dessins par Henri Matisse
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 17 × 23cm
£650 Framed
Signed in the plate collotype after Henri Matisse etchings, from the suite Cinquate Dessins par Henri Matisse. Printed in an edition of 1000, by Victor Jacquemin master etcher and printer. Matisse himself edited and printed this exquisite suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women to accompany a 1920 exhibition of his work.

Collotype, 1920
From the suite Cinquante Dessins par Henri Matisse
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 17 × 23cm
£695 Framed
Signed in the plate collotype after Henri Matisse etchings, from the suite Cinquate Dessins par Henri Matisse. Printed in an edition of 1000, by Victor Jacquemin master etcher and printer. Matisse himself edited and printed this exquisite suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women to accompany a 1920 exhibition of his work.

Collotype, 1920
From the suite Cinquante Dessins par Henri Matisse
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 23 × 17cm
£695 Framed
Signed in the plate collotype after Henri Matisse etchings, from the suite Cinquate Dessins par Henri Matisse. Printed in an edition of 1000, by Victor Jacquemin master etcher and printer. Matisse himself edited and printed this exquisite suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women to accompany a 1920 exhibition of his work.

Collotype, 1920
From the suite Cinquante Dessins par Henri Matisse
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 17 × 24cm
£650 Framed
Signed in the plate collotype after Henri Matisse etchings, from the suite Cinquate Dessins par Henri Matisse. Printed in an edition of 1000, by Victor Jacquemin master etcher and printer. Matisse himself edited and printed this exquisite suite of 50 photo-lithographic reproductions of his drawings of women to accompany a 1920 exhibition of his work.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 26.5 × 35.5cm
£SOLD
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 26.5 × 35.5cm
£1450 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 26.5 × 35.5cm
£1450 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 26.5 × 35.5cm
£1450 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 26.5 × 35.5cm
£950 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 26.5 × 35.5cm
£750 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 26.5 × 35cm
£600 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Unsigned
Paper size: 26.5 × 35.5cm
£750 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 26.5 × 35.5cm
£600 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 1954
From the suite The Last Works
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 26 × 23.5cm
£600 Framed
Between 1950 and 1954 Matisse created some highly innovative, brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. Severe arthritis had made it difficult for him to paint. In 1953 it was decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Matisse personally directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954, in collaboration with the renowned lithographers Mourlot Frères of Paris. These prints are original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts.

Lithograph, 2004
From the Jazz Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 1500
Paper size: 58 × 39cm
£750 Framed
In 1947 Henri Matisse created a series of stunning paper cut-outs which he then arranged into compositions producing a unique work of art that has been referred to as the visual counterpart of jazz music.Using a pair of scissors he cut into the paper which had been painted beforehand and, in one single movement, joined line to colour and outline to surface. The circus provided the inspiration for more than half of the motifs - performing artists, the curtain, the star or flame, and balancing acts, with figures both standing and falling. The other images were Matisse's response to Jazz. Matisse, wrote Riva Castleman, has taught the eye to hear.In 2004 they were brilliantly reinterpreted by the great Parisian lithographers, Idem Mourlot. Centre fold as issued.

Lithograph, 2004
From the Jazz Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 1500
Paper size: 60 × 39cm
£750 Framed
In 1947 Henri Matisse created a series of stunning paper cut-outs which he then arranged into compositions producing a unique work of art that has been referred to as the visual counterpart of jazz music.Using a pair of scissors he cut into the paper which had been painted beforehand and, in one single movement, joined line to colour and outline to surface. The circus provided the inspiration for more than half of the motifs - performing artists, the curtain, the star or flame, and balancing acts, with figures both standing and falling. The other images were Matisse's response to Jazz. Matisse, wrote Riva Castleman, has taught the eye to hear.In 2004 they were brilliantly reinterpreted by the great Parisian lithographers, Idem Mourlot. Centre fold as issued.

Lithograph, 2004
From the Jazz Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 1500
Paper size: 59 × 38cm
£600 Framed
In 1947 Henri Matisse created a series of stunning paper cut-outs which he then arranged into compositions producing a unique work of art that has been referred to as the visual counterpart of jazz music.Using a pair of scissors he cut into the paper which had been painted beforehand and, in one single movement, joined line to colour and outline to surface. The circus provided the inspiration for more than half of the motifs - performing artists, the curtain, the star or flame, and balancing acts, with figures both standing and falling. The other images were Matisse's response to Jazz. Matisse, wrote Riva Castleman, has taught the eye to hear.In 2004 they were brilliantly reinterpreted by the great Parisian lithographers, Idem Mourlot. Centre fold as issued.

Lithograph, 2004
From the Jazz Suite
Unsigned
Edition of 1500
Paper size: 59 × 39cm
£750 Framed
In 1947 Henri Matisse created a series of stunning paper cut-outs which he then arranged into compositions producing a unique work of art that has been referred to as the visual counterpart of jazz music. Using a pair of scissors he cut into the paper which had been painted beforehand and, in one single movement, joined line to colour and outline to surface. The circus provided the inspiration for more than half of the motifs - performing artists, the curtain, the star or flame, and balancing acts, with figures both standing and falling. The other images were Matisse's response to Jazz. Matisse, wrote Riva Castleman, has taught the eye to hear. In 2004 they were brilliantly reinterpreted by the great Parisian lithographers, Idem Mourlot. Centre fold as issued.