L'Escargot (The Snail), 1953

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L'Escargot (The Snail), 1953

$1,650.00

Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)                                   

Medium: Color Lithograph Derived from the Cut-Paper Original Maquette

Edition No.: 1st Edition, Vol. IX, no. 35 & 36/6,500

Signed in plate, lower right

Publisher: Tériade, Paris

Printer: Mourlot Atelier, Paris

Dimensions: 25" x 25"

Catalogue Raisonné: Duthuit 139, Freitag 6231

After 1948 Matisse was prevented from painting by ill health but, although confined to bed, he produced a number of works known as gouaches découpées. These were made by cutting or tearing shapes from paper which had been painted with gouache. The shapes were placed and pasted down by an assistant working under Matisse's instruction. Some of the later ones, such as The Snail, were of very large dimensions. The technique, explored in his picture book Jazz (published 1947) and other works, opened up new possibilities for him. Matisse said of the technique that it 'allows me to draw in the colour. It is a simplification for me. Instead of drawing the outline and putting the colour inside it - the one modifying the other - I draw straight into the colour' (quoted in Amis de l'art, October 1951).

 

In the collection of:

Minneapolis Museum of Art (MIA), MN

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This work comes with full historical documentation, which includes the following: Certificate of Authenticity, Letter of Appraisal, Justification Pages from the Printer/Publisher, as well as additional information on the artist and the print at

This work comes with full historical documentation, which includes the following: Certificate of Authenticity, Letter of Appraisal, Justification Pages from the Printer/Publisher, as well as additional information on the artist and the print atelier's collaboration.

Also included is the work's recorded provenance history. All the paperwork is protected and sealed inside a hard-bound folio.

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This work was created at the acclaimed Mourlot Atelier, Paris. Founded by Fernand Mourlot, the Atelier is credited in art history with the resurgence of the lithograph and was recognized as the premiere print studio in Paris. During the twentieth c

This work was created at the acclaimed Mourlot Atelier, Paris.

Founded by Fernand Mourlot, the Atelier is credited in art history with the resurgence of the lithograph and was recognized as the premiere print studio in Paris. During the twentieth century, artists such as Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picasso worked directly with Mourlot to create and executed their prints. 

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