Participant Info
- Artist
- Matisse, Henri
- Artpiece
- Dessins, Themes and Variations - Theme I, Variation 8
- Link
- Link
- Type
- Collotype, edition of 950
- Year_
- 1943
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 12.75 in. | 19 7/8 x 23 in. framed
- Artist's Life
- 1869-1954. French
- Comments
Signed, dated and numbered: ‘I8 Henri Matisse 42’ (lower right). Matisse executed a phenomenal 158 drawings within this period, which were then gathered into a portfolio, reproduced and published in 1943 as Dessins: Thèmes et variations. The drawings were executed systematically: there were 17 sequences or themes, lettered A to P, with each theme consisting of 3 to 19 variations. Illustrations from the above portfolio Theme I, Variation 8, and Theme A, Variation 6, after a drawing executed between 1941-42. From the limited edition of 950, 1-10 on Japon, 11-30 on Arches and 31-950 on Velin pur fil, the portfolio cover sheet was signed by the artist. Portfolio No. 668. Published by Martin Fabiani, Paris, 1943. Literature: Musee Matisse, Nice pg. 81; Duthuit Catalogue Raisonne, 1983.
- Price Paid
- $2,500.00
- Purchase Date
- August 8, 2000
- Purchased From
- Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco
- Certificate of Authenticity
- X
- Image
- Documents
- matisse_dessins_4700_2_pieces.pdf
- Location
- G.Po.R.
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