Color lithograph after the work by Henri Matisse, plate-signed by Matisse from the edition of 200.
This lithograph was printed and published in 2007 in our Art-Lithographies workshop in Paris using 100% cotton 300 g/m² BFK Rives paper. Artwork entirely made in France: from the production of the paper in Arches in the Vosges department, to the traditional lithographic printing process, one drawing for each different color, one color per press run.
The lithograph was authorized, supervised and validated by the Matisse Estate. On the back of the lithograph feature the copyright of the Matisse Estate and the copyright of the original printer and publisher of this edition.
Delivered with a certificate of authenticity.
Zulma
YEAR: 2007
DIMENSIONS: 63x90 cm (24.8'x35.4' in)
EDITION: 200
PAPER: BFK Rives
PRINTERS: Art-Lithographies studio, Paris
PUBLISHERS: Artvalue, Luxembourg
COA: Yes. Signed by the original printers & publishers
Created by Matisse in 1950, Zulma and Creole Dancer are two of Matisse's favorite pieces. Zulma features a nude in an interior, a recurring theme in Matisse’s earlier paintings and sculptures. The female form has been reduced to its essentials: curving blocks of vibrant and violent colors, serving Matisse’s ambition to liberate color, to make it serve as both form and content.
Many critics consider this to be his most innovative period. He had begun to experience severe arthritis and had a bout with cancer which forced him to be confined in a wheelchair. He could no longer stand to paint, so instead he created paintings with scissors by cutting pieces of colorful paper and gluing them onto larger pieces of paper with the help of his assistants. They were called « gouaches découpées » (cutouts). Zulma is a fine example of this style, with its use of stunning colors and shapes to create a scene. (http://www.henrimatisse.org).