Printer: Mourlot. Published by Tériade for Verve 

Dimensions: 35.7 x 78.5 cm 

Condition: Very Good

Frame: Unframed or Framed.

Description: Printed on wove paper with the two vertical folds, as issued. Printed by Mourlot. 

This cut-out was completed in 1953 and can be seen in the collection of the Musée Matisse in Nice. It is thought that it was while Matisse was working on this piece that he was inspired to add the three pieces of fruit to the brush and ink work that became Nu aux Oranges. 

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869-1954) the French artist, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor and painter was one of the undisputed masters and influential artists of 20th century art. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and would quickly become the leader of the fauvist movement. He was known for his use of brilliant colour, inspired by his time on the French Riviera, and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was one of the three artists, along with Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, who began to revolutionise the artworld from the 1900s. For over 60 years, his vast output included painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic arts – etchings, linocuts, aquatints, paper cut-outs and book illustrations. And he worked with Mourlot studios on lithographs and exhibition posters.