Henri Matisse: Nuit de Noel | La Revue Verve, Vol. IX, Nos. 35-36 (1958)
This lithograph is sourced from the monumental 1958 double issue of La Revue Verve, titled Les Dernières Œuvres de Matisse (The Last Works of Matisse). The series is considered the definitive posthumous tribute to the artist's final creative period. Each piece was created between 1950 and 1954 at the absolute zenith of Henri Matisse's revolutionary paper "cut-out" (gouaches découpés) technique. Tériade fulfilled Matisse's lifelong ambition to create the complete language of the eye, where the artist's bold and simplified forms of intense saturated colors act as spontaneous visual dialogue.
Despite the presence of more modern reproduction techniques, Tériade and La Revue Verve utilized the older, more expensive, traditional lithography techniques with his trusted printer, Atelier Mourlot. Raw energy and lyricism are intact in the masterful afters, demonstrating Fernand Mourlot's familiarity with the demanding requirements he had become to expect through his life-long collaboration with Matisse. This ensured that each print remained a hand-crafted extension of the artist's own hand.
Printed with premium, high-quality wove paper, vibrant bold ink, and a meticulous attention to detail, owning this lithograph is a rare opportunity to collect a vital remnant of the most storied career in modern art. It remains one of the most significant and sought after examples of French artistic heritage.
Artwork Details
- Artist: Henri Matisse (after)
- Title: Nuit de Noel
- Category: Limited Edition
- Medium: Lithograph
- Edition: of 6000 from la Revue Verve Vol. IX, Nos. 35-36, 1958
- Portfolio: Les Dernières Œuvres de Matisse (The Last Works of Matisse)
- Signature: Unsigned
- Paper Size: 10⅜" x 14"
- Paper Type: Wove
- Printer: Mourlot Frères, Paris
- Publisher: Tériade- Editions de la Revue Verve, Paris, 1945
- Reference: Duthuit 139
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