A colour lithograph by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) created and editioned at the Mourlot Studio
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A colour lithograph by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) created and editioned at the Mourlot Studio, Paris 1954, under the supervision of Matisse who died in November of that year before the magazine could be published. This special edition of Verve was eventually issued by Teriade for Verve Magazine Volume IX, Nos 35 & 36 July 1958 under the title 'Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-54.
The printing of the lithographs in colour by Mourlot Freres and that of the photogravure reproductions and the typography by the master printers Drager Freres, was completed in Paris on 28 July 1958.
It is presented in a linen mount and gesso and metal leaf frame.
44 x 33 cm