Artist: Henri Matisse (French, 1869 - 1954).
Title: "La gerbe".
Medium: Original color lithograph.
Date: Composed 1953/1954.
Dimensions: Overall size: 14 x 20 7/8 in. (356 x 530 mm). Image size: 13 1/16 x 15 9/16 in. (332 x 395 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed with the initials and dated in the plate, lower right. Smooth pale cream wove paper. Full sheet, as printed. Fine impression. Completely fresh colors. Very good to fine condition; with the centerfold, as issued. Comment(s): According to ‘Gordon’s Art Reference’ the auction record for another impression of this print is €2,598 ($3,522) at Artcurial, Paris, December 4, 2013, lot #129. Lithographic plates effaced after the edition was printed. Derived from the cut-paper original maquette by Matisse. Created and editioned at the Mourlot Studio, Paris, 1954, under the supervision of Matisse. Issued by Teriade, Paris, 1958. Image copyright © Succession H. Matisse, Paris /Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [10171-4-800]

Very good to fine condition; with the centerfold, as issued.