Le Toboggan - From the series 'Jazz'
Henri Matisse (Le Cateau 1869 - Nizza 1954)
Lot-No. 303
Proceeds : 4.800 €
1947. Pochoir/Arches. 32,5 x 30 cm. On the reverse num. R354. Mat burn. A copy from an unnumbered edition of 100 copies. The publishing house Tériade had the printer Edmond Vairel use gouache inks to achieve the color brilliance and durability demanded by Matisse. With ist composition, ornamentation and coloration, 'Jazz' is considered one of the most important artists' books and a high point in the work of one of the most important modern artists. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Duthuit Books 22 - Provenance: Private collection Hamburg - French painter, graphic artist and sculptor, next to Picasso the most important artist of Classical Modernism. M. initially enrolled in law, but studied from 1891 in Paris at the Académie Julian, then n the École des Beaux-Arts. Together with A. Derain and M. Vlaminck, M. created the style soon to be called Fauvism, which brought him his breakthrough with the 1905 Salon exhibition. The Académie Matisse, founded in 1908, had an enormous influence on the artistic development of students from all over Europe. Color has a paramount place with M. more than with other artists of his generations. He frees it from the local color of objects or their volumes. In combination with an ingenious feeling for surface and ornament, M. made groundbreaking contributions to the development of 20th century art. He was the only artist Picasso recognized as his equal. Mus.: New York (MoMA), Paris (Mus. National d'Art Moderne), London (Tate), St. Petersburg (Hermitage) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.
Henri Matisse: Le Toboggan - From the series 'Jazz'
Henri Matisse (Le Cateau 1869 - Nizza 1954)
Le Toboggan - From the series 'Jazz'
Lot-No. 303
Proceeds : 4.800 €
1947. Pochoir/Arches. 32,5 x 30 cm. On the reverse num. R354. Mat burn. A copy from an unnumbered edition of 100 copies. The publishing house Tériade had the printer Edmond Vairel use gouache inks to achieve the color brilliance and durability demanded by Matisse. With ist composition, ornamentation and coloration, 'Jazz' is considered one of the most important artists' books and a high point in the work of one of the most important modern artists. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Duthuit Books 22 - Provenance: Private collection Hamburg - French painter, graphic artist and sculptor, next to Picasso the most important artist of Classical Modernism. M. initially enrolled in law, but studied from 1891 in Paris at the Académie Julian, then n the École des Beaux-Arts. Together with A. Derain and M. Vlaminck, M. created the style soon to be called Fauvism, which brought him his breakthrough with the 1905 Salon exhibition. The Académie Matisse, founded in 1908, had an enormous influence on the artistic development of students from all over Europe. Color has a paramount place with M. more than with other artists of his generations. He frees it from the local color of objects or their volumes. In combination with an ingenious feeling for surface and ornament, M. made groundbreaking contributions to the development of 20th century art. He was the only artist Picasso recognized as his equal. Mus.: New York (MoMA), Paris (Mus. National d'Art Moderne), London (Tate), St. Petersburg (Hermitage) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.
