Printer: Mourlot. Published by Tériade for Verve 

Dimensions: 35.7 x 96.3cm 

Condition: Very Good

Frame: Unframed or Framed.

Description: Printed initials and date, 'HM 53'. Printed on wove paper with three vertical folds, as issued. Printed by Mourlot.

The original cut-out of this design is huge, over 32 feet long, making it the second largest work in Matisse's oeuvre. The cut-out of this design is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.  

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.