HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)

Name: Le clown, from Jazz
Brand: HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Price: 5000.00 USD
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Le clown, from Jazz

HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)

Price Realised USD 6,250

Closed: 19 Nov 2015

Price Realised USD 6,250

Closed: 19 Nov 2015

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HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Le clown, from Jazz
pochoir in colors on Arches paper
Executed in 1947. Published by Tériade, Paris.
This work is from the edition of 250.
Sheet: 16 5/8 x 25 5/8 in. (422 x 651 mm.)

LITERATURE
Claude Duthuit, Henri Matisse: catalogue raisonné des ouvrages illustrés, Paris, 1988, no. 22, pp. 168 (illustrated in color)

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Lot Essay

"I dream of a book on “the color of Matisse” which would contain all the new thoughts that you have expressed about color and be illustrated by large plates (of a much larger format than ), in the manner of and It would be fascinating if you were to describe the entire possible development of color with the greatest freedom, because the colored collages can be reproduced absolutely faithfully. Does the idea interest you?” -Tériade to Matisse