Printer: Atelier Daragnès (1 of 500 Editions)

Dimensions: 35 x 27 cm

Condition: Good

Frame: Framed in oak. 

Description: Original etching by Henri Matisse, created for À la gloire de Paris, an important illustrated volume commissioned by the City of Paris for the 1937 International Exposition.

The publication celebrated Paris through the work of some of the leading artists and writers of the period, bringing together original engravings by Matisse and contemporaries including Pierre Bonnard, André Derain, Raoul Dufy and Édouard Vuillard. Matisse’s contribution depicts Notre-Dame rising through the trees, rendered in his characteristically fluid and economical line.

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.