Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Details

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Georges Duthuit, Une Fête en Cimmérie, Tériade, Paris, 1963 (Duthuit 35)

lithographs, 1963, on Rives, title, text, list of plates, justification and set of 31 hors-texte (including wrapper) of which the final fourteen issued as a separate suite, copy number III from the hors commerce edition of ten (the total edition was 130), the full sheets as published with deckle edges at the bottom, loose in paper wrappers with lithograph on front, within black paper-covered boards and slipcase, gilt title on spine
overall S. 270 x 208mm.

Lot Essay

Une fête en Cimmérie is a fable set in Cimmeria, in the phantasmagoric North. Georges Duthuit blends fantasy with realism to tell the story of the divisions within a race where ancestral customs conflict with a more modern approach to life.

Matisse drew inspiration for the lithographs from a collection of Eskimo masks collected by Duthuit on one of his voyages.

More from Homage a Teriade Collection

View All