Original Lithograph, from "Derniéres œuvres de Matisse 1950-54" suite
Created in 1952
Size: 14" x 21"
Published by Tériade for Verve, Paris in 1958
Reference: Claude Duthuit “Henri Matisse, Catalogue Raisonné des ouvrages illustrés”, Paris, No. 139, page 405

Certificate of Authenticity is included

Between 1950 and 1954, at the end of his life, Matisse created brightly coloured gouache paper cut-outs. In 1953 he decided to reinterpret these works as lithographs. Collaborating with renowned lithographers, Mourlot Frères of Paris, Matisse directed and supervised the first 'pulls' during 1954. The lithographs were published after his death in Verve by Teriade, in 1958.