Matisse Prints Framed Matted signed in plate.
Matisse postcard prints from the Jazz series circa 1953 printed in 1994. Newly matted and framed in a black frame covered in plexiglass. This set of postcards include La Negresse, La Tristesse du Roi (The Sorrows of the King), and La Gerbe (The Sheaf) signed in plate. La Gerbe was originally commissioned as a ceramic mural for the courtyard of the Brody house in Los Angeles.
The condition is new, unused, not damaged, and vibrant colors. The art frame is ready for display.
The dimensions of the cards are 4.5" x 6.5" and the framed art measurements are 8" W x 16" H x .5"D.

Only the octogenarian Henri Matisse, having mastered sculpture as well as painting throughout the course of his long life, would have had the audacity to apply sculpting techniques to the very substance of painting, or to sculpt a block consisting purely of colour. His method was new, experimental and perplexed the critics.
Serious illness obliged Matisse to work
Matisse working on a cut-out, Vence, 1947
from bed.
Using sheets of paper which he had previously covered with opaque paints, he cut away at will with a pair of scissors. In this way he created the remarkable album >>Jazz<>chromatic and rhythmic improvisations<>Jazz<>This cutting of colours reminds me of the sharp, direct chiselling of the sculptor... my lines are not crazy...<< Ultimately, he succeeds in approaching his own personal goal, the perfect synthesis of line and colour. As Matisse explained,
>>There is no break between my early paintings and my gouache cuts, only that I have achieved an absolute, abstract form, reduced to its essence... This is not a departure, but a conclusion.<< From this moment on, simultaneity superseded the merging of form and colour.


Condition:
Imperfections: No Imperfections
Condition Notes: The condition is new, unused, not damaged, and vibrant colors. The art frame is ready for display.

Origin:
United States

Creator:
Styled After: Henri Matisse

Materials & Techniques:
Plexiglass, Printmaking Materials

Details:
Art Subjects: Abstract, Botanic, Figure, Music, Patterns
Frame Type: Framed
What type of item is it? Not Used
Country of Origin: United States

No Imperfections; The condition is new, unused, not damaged, and vibrant colors. The art frame is ready for display.