Printer: Mourlot. Published by Tériade for Verve  

Dimensions: 35.7 x 53 cm 

Condition: Very Good

Frame: Unframed or Framed.

Description: Printed on wove paper with the central vertical fold as issued by Mourlot. 

The original cut-out of this design was, like La Piscine, pasted directly onto the wall of Matisse's studio at the Hôtel Régina in Nice. This cut-out was installed above the doorway and it seems the monkeys were added to the design specifically so it would fit the width of the space. 

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.